Cytokines and the Heart

Cytokines and the Heart Molecular Mechanisms of Septic Cardiomyopathy - Medical Intelligence Unit

Hardback (01 Feb 1996) | German

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9783540601753
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Imprint: Springer
Pub date:
DEWEY: 616.12
Language: German
Number of pages: 260
Weight: 910g
Height: 260mm