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Serum cytokine levels in patients with congenital heart disease prior to and after transcatheter closure treatment as well as in the control group.
| Experimental group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cytokine | Control | Baseline | 6 months | 12 months |
| TNF-α | 877±129 | 1,936±214a | 1,311±211a | 866±242 |
| IL-6 | 599±289 | 1,699±299a | 1,196±313a | 561±189 |
| IL-8 | 623±92 | 1,268±104a | 972±272a | 413±113a |
| IL-10 | 1,191±296 | 499±211a | 791±363a | 1,278±202 |
P<0.05 vs. Control. TNF, tumor necrosis factor; IL, interleukin.
