Table 1.

Myocardial depressant factors in sepsis

Classification	Myocardial depressant factor
Cytokines	Interleukin-1 Interleukin-6 Tumor necrosis factor-α
Complement components	Activated complement 3 Complement anaphylatoxin (C5a)
Pathogen-associated molecular patterns	LPS
Damage-associated molecular patterns	High mobility group box 1 Extracellular histones
Matrix metalloproteinases	Matrix metalloproteinase-9