Publication Name	World Journal of Clinical Cases
Manuscript ID	13289
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Received	2014-08-19 08:46
Peer-Review Started	2014-08-25 08:39
To Make the First Decision	2014-11-27 12:13
Return for Revision	2014-12-04 14:23
Revised	2014-12-24 00:13
Second Decision	2015-06-08 11:14
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2015-06-16 16:47
Articles in Press	2015-06-16 16:47
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Typeset the Manuscript	2015-08-08 19:43
Publish the Manuscript Online	2015-08-21 13:58

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Category	Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Manuscript Type	Case Report
Article Title	When sepsis affects the heart: A case report and literature review
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Giuseppe Clemente, Antonino Tuttolomondo, Daniela Colomba, Rosaria Pecoraro, Chiara Renda, Vittoriano Della Corte, Carlo Maida, Irene Simonetta and Antonio Pinto
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Corresponding Author	Antonino Tuttolomondo, MD, U.O.C. di Medicina Interna e Cardioangiologia, University of Palermo, Pzza delle Cliniche, n.2, 90127 Palermo, Italy. bruno.tuttolomondo@unipa.it
Key Words	Sepsis; Shock; Hypotension; Troponin; Myocardial dysfunction
Core Tip	The importance of cardiac involvement during sepsis, when occurs, worsens prognosis. However, as myocardial dysfunction is reversible, an early diagnosis and treatment to improve the survival. The awareness of risk profile to develop a severe myocardial dysfunction in a septic patient would be suitable in order to enforce careful resources in this subset of patients. Moreover, other research are needful to perform the best therapeutic strategy of haemodynamic stay which, sometimes, (e.g., when Tako-Tsubo syndrome occurs) can call for intra-aortic balloon pump counter pulsation.
Publish Date	2015-08-21 13:58
Citation	Clemente G, Tuttolomondo A, Colomba D, Pecoraro R, Renda C, Della Corte V, Maida C, Simonetta I, Pinto A. When sepsis affects the heart: A case report and literature review. World J Clin Cases 2015; 3(8): 743-750
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/2307-8960/full/v3/i8/743.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v3.i8.743

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