Fig. 8

Protective effect of melatonin posttreatment on sepsis and septic myocardial injury in mice. a Sepsis scores. b Kaplan–Meier survival curves. Ten animals for each group were used for comparison. Mortality was observed within 72 h. c Blood routine parameters. d Blood biochemical parameters. e Representative echocardiography images of the long axis. f SV, CO, LVEDV, and LVESV statistical graphs of the long axis. g Representative echocardiography images of the short axis. h SV, CO, LVEDV, and LVESV statistical graphs of the short axis. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001, ****P < 0.0001 versus sham or versus CLP; ns, nonsignificant. n = 6 for each group. Statistical analysis of data was performed using ANOVA