Diagnostic criteria for septic cardiomyopathy

Sepsis cardiomyopathy is a complication of sepsis. After sepsis occurs to a certain degree and stage and lasts for a certain period of time, it can invade some organs of the body, such as invading the heart, which is called septic cardiomyopathy. The diagnostic criteria for septic cardiomyopathy are, first of all, the clinical manifestations of the infection sepsis, based mainly on its symptoms, signs, biochemical examinations, and laboratory tests. Symptoms related to heart damage are mainly manifested as rapid heartbeat, panic, palpitations or chest tightness; comatose patients with unknown complaints need to be judged according to their physical signs, such as electrocardiographic monitoring that can indicate the presence of rapid heartbeat or arrhythmia; biochemical indicators, the most critical is the alteration of their cardiac enzymes, which are often higher than normal; some other imaging laboratory tests, such as cardiac ultrasound, can observe changes and abnormalities in the function and structure of the heart, especially Its EF value, also called ejection fraction, this index, if significantly weakened, combined with its medical history, can be diagnosed as septic cardiomyopathy.