Research Article

Th2 Regulation of Viral Myocarditis in Mice: Different Roles for TLR3 versus TRIF in Progression to Chronic Disease

Table 1

Similarity in cardiac function of C57BL/6 versus B6.129 mice prior to infection (day 0) and during acute (day 10) or chronic (day 35) CVB3 myocarditis based on pressure-volume analysis.

Day 0Day 10 piDay 35 pi

ParameterBL/6B6.129BL/6B6.129BL/6B6.129

HR591 ± 3.9596 ± 3.7535 ± 6.0567 ± 11.5*569 ± 9.0601 ± 5.7**
ESP114 ± 2.1111 ± 3.898 ± 2.1108 ± 2.6**109 ± 3.9116 ± 3.4
EDP6.3 ± 0.66.9 ± 2.54.1 ± 0.55.5 ± 0.54.8 ± 0.44.6 ± 0.7
dP/dT Max11336 ± 46310766 ± 25010019 ± 53810241 ± 39511042 ± 85210658 ± 555
dT/dT Min−10628 ± 290−10022 ± 309−8484 ± 306−9549 ± 454−10017 ± 52810852 ± 432
EF71 ± 4.374 ± 2.258 ± 3.566 ± 5.769 ± 4.469 ± 2.4
ESV5.7 ± 1.14.0 ± 0.410 ± 1.17.4 ± 1.86 ± 1.04 ± 0.2
EDV18 ± 1.216 ± 1.024 ± 1.218 ± 2.518 ± 1.714 ± 0.7
CO7499 ± 4086940 ± 3187276 ± 4956083 ± 4856885 ± 6725960 ± 417
Ees9.2 ± 0.88.3 ± 0.97.5 ± 0.58.4 ± 1.011.5 ± 1.215 ± 1.4
Ea/Ees1.05 ± 0.11.3 ± 0.21.0 ± 0.01.1 ± 0.20.9 ± 00.8 ± 0.06
V0−7.7 ± 1.3−11.3 ± 1.6−5.4 ± 1.2−6.4 ± 2.1−4.2 ± 1.9−5.6 ± 1.0
Tau5.2 ± 0.25.1 ± 0.35.6 ± 0.25.6 ± 0.25.6 ± 0.25.1 ± 0.2

CO (μL/min), cardiac output; dP/dT Max, peak rate of pressure rise (mmHg/s); dP/dT Min, peak rate of pressure decline (mmHg/s); Ea/Ees, arterial elastance normalized to Ees; EDP (mmHg), end diastolic pressure; EDV (μL), end diastolic volume; Ees (mmHg/μL), LV end systolic elastance (stiffness); EF (%), ejection fraction; ESP (mmHg), end systolic pressure; ESV (μL), end systolic volume; HR (bmp), heart rate; PFR/EDV (s−1), peak flow rate normalized to EDV; PMX/EDV2, maximum ventricular power normalized to EDV2 (mW/μL2) × 100; PRSW (mmHg), preload recruitable stroke work; SV (μL), stroke volume; SW, stroke work; Tau, Weiss (ms), time constant of diastolic relaxation; V0 (μL), X-intercept of the ESP-volume relationship. * , ** , and *** compare BL/6 to B6.129 by Student’s t-test at each timepoint. Data shown as mean ± SEM for 10 mice/group per timepoint.