Table 4. Left Ventricular (LV) Chamber Dimensions And Function In Patients With Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy (IDC) Prospectively Studied, Grouped According To Tumour Necrosis Factor-α Genotype.

	Genotype group
	11 (n = 88)			12/22 (n = 46)
	Baseline	Final	Mean change	Baseline	Final	Mean change
LV end-diastolic diameter (mm)	66.8 ± 0. 8	63.4 ± 1.0	–2.4 ± 0.7	66.5 ± 1.2	62.7 ± 1.2	–3.2 ± 1.0
LV end-systolic diameter (mm)	58.1 ± 0.8	53.9 ± 1.2	–4.1 ± 1.0	58.4 ± 2.2	53.2 ± 1.6	–4.7 ± 1.3
LV ejection fraction (%)	22.8 ± 0.8	30.7 ± 1.3	7.4 ± 1.2	22.9 ± 1.2	27.9 ± 1.6	5.1 ± 1.4