Cytokines and the Heart:

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.