<p>(A) Heart weight/body weight (HW/BW) coefficient. (B) Left ventricular mass (LVM). (C) Representative echocardiography images of ventricular areas. (D) Percentage of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). * <i>p<</i>0.05 and *** <i>p<</i>0.001, saline-injected <i>T</i>. <i>cruzi</i>-infected mice compared with noninfected (NI) controls. The results represent eight to thirteen mice per experimental group. <sup>#</sup><i>p<</i>0.05 and <sup>##</sup><i>p<</i>0.01, saline-injected compared with PTX-treated <i>T</i>. <i>cruzi</i>-infected mice.</p