Clinical Core

The Septic Heart: A Whole-Hearted Picture of Cardiovascular Dysfunction in Sepsis

Concurrent Session Moderator(s)

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  Michael Lanspa, MD, MS, FCCM

  Director, Critical Care Echocardiography Service
  Intermountain Medical Center
  Salt Lake City, UT

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose.

Cardiac dysfunction plays a prominent role in the organ dysfunction of sepsis and is an area of increasing research and clinical interest. The variety and changing definition of septic cardiomyopathy will be discussed, as well as basic science, pathophysiology, and the implications of heart dysfunction in this setting. Novel imaging and diagnostic techniques will be demonstrated. Speakers will also address controversies surrounding terminology and discuss the epidemiology (incidence and risk factors) of cardiac dysfunction in sepsis with respect to different definitions (including serum biomarkers), as well as what is known about outcomes.

Presentations:

• Pathophysiology of Septic Cardiomyopathy: Back to Basics
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM (she/her/hers) – Stony Brook University School of Medicine
• Diagnosis and Imaging of Septic Cardiomyopathy
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Siddharth Dugar, MD, FCCM – Cleveland Clinic Foundation
• Implications and Treatment of Cardiogenic Shock in Sepsis
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Christopher Barnett, MD, MPH, – University of California San Francisco