Clinical review: Myocardial depression in sepsis and septic shock

Myocardial dysfunction frequently accompanies severe sepsis and septic shock. Whereas myocardial depression was previously considered a preterminal event, it is now clear that cardiac dysfunction as evidenced by biventricular dilatation and reduced ejection fraction is present in most patients with...

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Main Authors: Court, Olivier, Kumar, Aseem, Parrillo, Joseph E, Kumar, Anand
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2002
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC153435/