Table 1.

Baseline functional values

Group	LVESP (mm Hg)	LVEDP (mm Hg)	dP/dt max (mm Hg/s)	dP/dt min (mm Hg/s)
Intact	90.8 ± 1.6	2.6 ± 0.4	2990 ± 55	−2300 ± 56
VCD 60 D	90.0 ± 1.8	3.7 ± 0.3	2897 ± 48	−2238 ± 49
VCD 120 D	90.5 ± 1.2	3.1 ± 0.3	2967 ± 48	−2253 ± 46

dP/dt _max, peak rate of contraction; dP/dt _min, peak rate of relaxation; LVEDP, left ventricular end diastolic pressure; LVESP, left ventricular end‐systolic pressure. N = 7 per group.