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Acute reversible myocardial depression associated with sepsis.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  12583621     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A 30-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for left lobar pneumonia with septic shock. Acute left-sided heart failure became evident as sepsis developed. Echocardiography revealed diffuse severe hypokinesis of the left ventricle (LV) and a pulmonary artery catheter showed Forrester subset II hemodynamics. Along with amelioration of sepsis and decrease of the serum concentrations of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-6, LV hypokinesis improved. It is suggested that the patient's heart failure may have been due to functional depression of myocardial contractility resulting from a direct effect of the cytokines towards the cardiomyocytes, the so-called "septic myocardial depression".
Authors:
Makoto Kontani; Yoshiaki Izumiya; Miho Shimizu; Keiichi Yasuma; Akira Inada; Hajime Ohta; Takayuki Ikeda
Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)     Volume:  42     ISSN:  0918-2918     ISO Abbreviation:  Intern. Med.     Publication Date:  2003 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2003-02-13     Completed Date:  2003-06-13     Revised Date:  2007-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9204241     Medline TA:  Intern Med     Country:  Japan    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  60-5     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Tsuruga Municipal Hospital, 1-6-60 Mishima-cho, Tsuruga, Fukui 914-8502.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Cytokines / blood
Echocardiography
Heart Failure / etiology*,  ultrasonography
Humans
Inflammation Mediators / blood
Male
Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / complications
Sepsis / complications*
Shock, Septic / complications
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / etiology,  ultrasonography
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Cytokines; 0/Inflammation Mediators

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