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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Feb 16.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2005 Feb 11;288(6):H2603. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.01276.2004

Table 1.

Hemodynamic parameters

Control Hypertrophy P Value
Heart rate, beats/min 105±9 130±12 <0.05
LVPmax, mmHg 113±7 117±5 NS
LVP at MVO, mmHg 4±2 19±4 <0.01
LVEDP, mmHg 5±2 21±4 <0.05
Diastolic filling, ms 304±33 244±42 NS
dP/dtmax, mmHg/s 2,476±203 2,330±216 NS
dP/dtmin, mmHg/s −2,466±190 −2,076±166 <0.05
τ, ms 32±2 43±1 <0.05

Values are means ± SE; n = 6. LVPmax, maximum left ventricular pressure (LVP); MVO, mitral valve opening; LVEDP, left ventricular end-diastolic pressure; dP/dtmax and dP/dtmin, peak positive and negative dP/dt, respectively; τ, time constant of isovolumic LVP decline; NS, not significant.