Table 2.

Correlation coefficients between altered left ventricular loading parameters and indices of left ventricular function before and after exercise, with and without vagal blockade

	Pre- vs post-exercise without vagal blockade				Pre- vs post-exercise with vagal blockade
Parameter	LVIDd	CVP	LVMWS	HR	LVIDd	LVMWS	HR
SBP/ESV	0.13	0.21	0.94*	−0.20	−0.35	0.81*	0.13
EF	−0.43	−0.68	0.28	−0.69	0.68	0.28	−0.86
Q˙	−0.10	0.15	−0.57	0.41	0.39	0.55	−0.82
SV	0.07	−0.30	0.51	−0.72	0.35	0.87*	0.35
E/A	−0.49	−0.56	−0.61	−0.02	−0.01	0.21	−0.69
Vp	0.43	0.27	−0.09	−0.67	0.17	0.47	−0.50

Abbreviations are as in Table 1.

^*P < 0.05.