Bacterial translocation in cardiopenic shock: The gastrointestinal tract as the motor of sepsis?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-12

  Price, Susanna ^a   Evans, Timothy ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; ENDOTOXIN; PROCALCITONIN;

BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; EDITORIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; CALCITONIN; HUMANS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC;

EID: 0032700798     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(99)00136-9     Document Type: Editorial

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