Figure 1
Cytokine plasma levels increased in ICM and NIDCM CHF patients vs controls. Plasma levels of MIP-1 β (A), VEGF (B), MCP-1 (C), IL-9 (D), IL-8 (E), and IL-6 (F) in patients with chronic heart failure (ICM n = 42; NIDCM n = 27) classified in NYHA class II-IV and in 16 healthy controls. Data are shown as "box-and-whiskers" plots (medians, 25th to 75th percentiles. * p < 0.05 vs controls.