Table 1.
EV RNA loads and viral RNA ratios assessed in the four EV-positive IDCM patients
Patient | Cardiac anatomic location | EV RNA load (copies/μg of total extracted RNA) |
Ratio of positive- to negative-strand viral RNA | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Negative-strand EV | |||
1 | Septum | 127 | 40 | 2.2 |
Septum | 357 | 120 | 2 | |
2 | Septum | 217 | 61 | 2.5 |
Right ventricle | 183 | 45 | 3.1 | |
3 | Right ventricle | 2,108 | 347 | 5 |
4 | Left ventricle | 3,368 | 160 | 20 |