• 1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan 637000, P. R. China;
  • 2. Department of Critical Care Medicine, Santai Hospital, North Sichuan Medical College, Santai, Sichuan 621100, P. R. China;
WANG Jiazhen, Email: 398610290@qq.com
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Sepsis is a common complication after severe trauma, infection, shock and major surgery. It has the characteristics of high morbidity, high mortality, and high hospitalization costs. Septic cardiomyopathy is one of the main causes of death in patients with sepsis. This article reviews the pathogenesis and treatment of septic cardiomyopathy. The pathogenesis includes hemodynamics and myocardial changes, mitochondrial fission, cardiomyocyte apoptosis and autophagy, calcium ion imbalance, inflammation mechanism and immune regulation mechanism. The treatment includes conventional treatment, β1 receptor blocker treatment, melatonin, serotonin 3 receptor antagonist, dexmedetomidine and traditional Chinese medicine treatment, etc., aiming to provide a reference for the diagnosis and treatment of septic cardiomyopathy.

Citation: HU Qing, CAO Xiaoping, HUANG Zheng, XIE Mingxin, YU Renxuan, WANG Jiazhen. Pathogenesis and treatment of septic cardiomyopathy. West China Medical Journal, 2020, 35(11): 1380-1385. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.201912091 Copy

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