Fig. 3

Ratio of mean plasma cytokine levels of term newborns with critical congenital heart defects with or without necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) across the perioperative period. No-NEC_BS and No-NEC_AS represent no-NEC newborns before and after cardiac surgery (n = 28); NEC_BS and NEC_AS represent NEC newborns before and after cardiac surgery (n = 8), respectively.