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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2015

Mitochondrial Mechanisms in Septic Cardiomyopathy.

María Cecilia Cimolai, Silvia Alvarez, Christoph Bode, Heiko Bugger

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In one paragraph

Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 79 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
79citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

79 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 149 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Septic cardiomyopathy: Fact or fiction?American heart journal plus : cardiology research and practice · 2026
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  9. Evaluation and Management of Sepsis in Pulmonary Hypertension.Journal of intensive care medicine · 2025
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  15. Identifying Risk Factors for Myocardial Injury in Elderly Patients with Sepsis.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025
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19 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

María Cecilia CimolaiDepartment of Cardiology and Angiology, Heart Center Freiburg University, Hugstetter Str. 55, 79106 Freiburg, Germany. cecilia.cimolai@universitaets-herzzentrum.de.
Silvia AlvarezInstitute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires-National Scientific and Technical Research Council (UBA-CONICET), Junín 956, C1113AAD Buenos Aires, Argentina. salvarez@ffyb.uba.ar.
Christoph BodeDepartment of Cardiology and Angiology, Heart Center Freiburg University, Hugstetter Str. 55, 79106 Freiburg, Germany. christoph.bode@universitaets-herzzentrum.de.
Heiko BuggerDepartment of Cardiology and Angiology, Heart Center Freiburg University, Hugstetter Str. 55, 79106 Freiburg, Germany. heiko.bugger@universitaets-herzzentrum.de.
University of Freiburg · DEConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas · ARUniversity of Buenos Aires · AR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sepsis is the manifestation of the immune and inflammatory response to infection that may ultimately result in multi organ failure. Despite the therapeutic strategies that have been used up to now, sepsis and septic shock remain a leading cause of death in critically ill patients. Myocardial dysfunction is a well-described complication of severe sepsis, also referred to as septic cardiomyopathy, which may progress to right and left ventricular pump failure. Many substances and mechanisms seem to be involved in myocardial dysfunction in sepsis, including toxins, cytokines, nitric oxide, complement activation, apoptosis and energy metabolic derangements. Nevertheless, the precise underlying molecular mechanisms as well as their significance in the pathogenesis of septic cardiomyopathy remain incompletely understood. A well-investigated abnormality in septic cardiomyopathy is mitochondrial dysfunction, which likely contributes to cardiac dysfunction by causing myocardial energy depletion. A number of mechanisms have been proposed to cause mitochondrial dysfunction in septic cardiomyopathy, although it remains controversially discussed whether some mechanisms impair mitochondrial function or serve to restore mitochondrial function. The purpose of this review is to discuss mitochondrial mechanisms that may causally contribute to mitochondrial dysfunction and/or may represent adaptive responses to mitochondrial dysfunction in septic cardiomyopathy.

Indexed as

AnimalsCalcium SignalingCardiomyopathiesHumansMitochondriaMitochondrial TurnoverOxidative StressSepsisbioenergeticsheartmitochondrial dysfunctionseptic cardiomyopathy

Identifiers

PMID26247933
PMCPMC4581220
OpenAlexW1836200479

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