Sepsis is currently defined as a
life-threatening multiple organ dysfunction caused by host dysregulated response to
infection, with high
morbidity and
mortality in
intensive care units.
Patients with
sepsis are often complicated with cardiac dysfunction known as septic
cardiomyopathy (SCM). The occurrence of SCM is related to the high
mortality of
patients, which has been closely concerned for a long
time, and is also one of the challenges to be solved in the systematic
treatment of
sepsis. A large number of studies have shown that
oxidative stress contributes to the pathogenesis of SCM. The
role of
oxidative stress in SCM and the potential
treatment measures for
redox imbalance are discussed in this
paper.