Pro/Anti-Inflammatory Cytokine Imbalance in Postischemic Left Ventricular Remodeling

Table 2

Echocardiographic evaluation.

	Pts with left ventricular remodeling			Pts without left ventricular remodeling
	Day 1	6 months	Percent variation	Day 1	6 months	Percent variation
LVEDV (mL)	$93\pm 7$	$128\pm 9$	$+38\%\pm 7$	$97\pm 6$	$93\pm 7$	$-4\%\pm 2$
LVESV (mL)	$53\pm 7$	$75\pm 7$	$+44\%\pm 7$	$56\pm 7$	$45\pm 6$	$-21\%\pm 3$
EF (%)	$44\pm 4$	$42\pm 4$	$-5\%\pm 2$	$42\pm 5$	$52\pm 4$	$+25\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}\%\pm 6$

LVEDV: left ventricular end-diastolic volume; LVESV: left ventricular end-systolic volume; EF: ejection fraction.