Early structural changes of the heart after experimental polytrauma and hemorrhagic shock.

Evidence is emerging that systemic inflammation after trauma drives structural and functional impairment of cardiomyocytes and leads to cardiac dysfunction, thus worsening the outcome of polytrauma patients. This study investigates the structural and molecular changes in heart tissue 4 h after multi...

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Main Authors: Christian K Braun, Miriam Kalbitz, Rebecca Halbgebauer, Philipp Eisele, David A C Messerer, Sebastian Weckbach, Anke Schultze, Sonja Braumüller, Florian Gebhard, Markus S Huber-Lang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5662170?pdf=render