Cytokines and the Heart:

Molecular Mechanisms of Septic Cardiomyopathy

• Author(s): Ursula Müller-Werdan, Christopher Reithmann, Karl Werdan,
• Publisher: R.G. Landes
• Pages: 260
• ISBN_10: 3540601759
  ISBN_13: 9783540601753
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Medical / Cardiology , Medical / Clinical Medicine ,

Description:... This book is about the molecular mechanisms underlying septic cardiomyopathy, a main feature of septic shock and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, which are the leading causes of death in intensive care patients. Cytokines play a very prominent pathogenetic role in this myocardial depression, with septic cardiomyopathy being the cardiac disease entity, where knowledge about cytokine action on the heart has most accumulated.