A proposed role for sepsis in the pathogenesis of myocardial calcification

Acta Cardiol. 2017 Jun;72(3):249-255. doi: 10.1080/00015385.2017.1305163. Epub 2017 Mar 30.

Authors

Guy Bower¹, Hutan Ashrafian^{1

2}, Simone Cappelletti^{1

3}, Liang Mei Lee¹, Leanne Harling^{1

2}, Costantino Ciallella³, Mariarosaria Aromatario³, Thanos Athanasiou¹

Affiliations

¹ a Department of Surgery and Cancer , Imperial College London , London , UK.
² b Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery , Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust , London , UK.
³ c Department of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic Medicine and Orthopedic Sciences , "Sapienza" University of Rome , Rome , Italy.

PMID: 28636521
DOI: 10.1080/00015385.2017.1305163

No abstract available

Keywords: Myocardial calcification; bacteria; parasite; sepsis; sirs; virus.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Calcinosis / diagnosis
Calcinosis / epidemiology
Calcinosis / etiology*
Cardiomyopathies / diagnosis
Cardiomyopathies / epidemiology
Cardiomyopathies / etiology*
Global Health
Humans
Myocardium / pathology*
Prevalence
Risk Factors
Sepsis / complications*
Sepsis / epidemiology
Survival Rate / trends