Sepsis currently remains an important global healthcare issue, and a major threat to world public health and patient safety.Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by dysregulation of the host response to infection, with extremely high morbidity and mortality,which is a major challenge in clinical critical care medicine.During the progression of sepsis, changes such as inadequate tissue perfusion and haemodynamic instability may occur, leading to impairment of multiple organ functions, while the heart is one of the commonly involved vital target organs, and the varying degree of myocardial damage caused by sepsis is known as “septic cardiomyopathy”.The mechanisms of its occurrence and development are complex and diverse, involving circulating myocardial inhibitory factors, myocardial auto-factors, and autonomic dysregulation.In this paper, we review the high-risk factors for myocardial injury in septic patients, providing a reference for clinical treatment and prevention.