Cardiac Function Remains Impaired Despite Reversible Cardiac Remodeling after Acute Experimental Viral Myocarditis

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Immune cell infiltration: serial cross section of LVs from C57BL/6J mice without viral infection or 7 as well as 28 days after intraperitoneal CVB3 infection. Tissue sections were stained for various markers of inflammatory cells. Hematoxylin/eosin staining showed higher numbers of invaded cells to foci of inflammation 7 days after infection (indicated by arrows) compared to 28 days after infection. Increased numbers of CD80⁺, CD11b⁺, and CD68⁺ cells are detected within the identified foci of inflammation 7 days after infection.