Antioxidant and Cardioprotective Effects of EPA on Early Low-Severity Sepsis through UCP3 and SIRT3 Upholding of the Mitochondrial Redox Potential

Table 4

In vivo cardiac morphology and function.

	DEF Sham	DEF Sept	EPA Sham	EPA Sept	ANOVA
EDV
ESV					CI:
SEV
EF
HR
CO
CR					:
RR

The means represent the average of 8 rats. DEF Sham: rats fed the ω3 fatty acid-deficient diet with fictitious surgery; DEF Sept: rats fed the ω3 fatty acid-deficient diet with cecal ligation and puncture; EPA Sham: rats fed the EPA-rich diet with fictitious surgery; EPA Sept: rats fed the EPA-rich diet with cecal ligation and puncture; EDV: end-diastolic volume (μl); ESV: end-systolic volume (μl); SEV: systolic ejection volume (μl/beat); EF: ejection fraction (%); HR: heart rate (beats/min); CO: cardiac output (ml/min/g of wet weight); CR: contraction rate (cm²/s); RR: rate of relaxation (cm²/s); ANOVA: analysis of variance. The two-way analysis of variance describes the effects of the diets, those of sepsis (), and the cross-interaction between these two factors (CI).