Journal
PHYSIOLOGICAL REPORTS
Volume 2, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/phy2.272
Keywords
Cardiac efficiency; fish oils; working-heart preparation
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- National Heart Foundation of New Zealand [1428, 1529, 1524]
- Maurice and Phyllis Paykel Trust (University of Auckland) [3701355]
- University of Auckland Faculty Research Development Fund [3627115, 3627220]
- University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarship
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It is generally recognized that increased consumption of polyunsaturated fatty acids, fish oil (FO) in particular, is beneficial to cardiac and cardiovascular health, whereas equivalent consumption of saturated fats is deleterious. In this study, we explore this divergence, adopting a limited purview: The effect of dietary fatty acids on the mechanoenergetics of the isolated heart per se. Mechanical indices of interest include left-ventricular (LV) developed pressure, stroke work, cardiac output, coronary perfusion, and LV power. The principal energetic index is whole-heart oxygen consumption, which we subdivide into its active and basal moieties. The primary mechanoenergetic index of interest is cardiac efficiency, the ratio of work performance to metabolic energy expenditure. Wistar rats were divided into three Diet groups and fed, ad libitum, reference (REF), fish oil-supplemented (FO), or saturated fatty acid-supplemented (SFA) food for 6 weeks. At the end of the dietary period, hearts were excised, mounted in a working-heart rig, and their mechanoenergetic performance quantified over a range of preloads and afterloads. Analyses of Variance revealed no difference in any of the individual mechanoenergetic indices among the three Diet groups. In particular, we found no effect of prior dietary supplementation with either saturated or unsaturated fatty acids on the global efficiency of the heart.
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