The Effect of Acute Hypertension on Left Ventricular Diastolic Pressures in a Canine Model of Left Ventricular Dysfunction with a Preserved Ejection Fraction and Elevated Left Ventricular Filling Pressures

Pressure loading with normal LV function and with LVDPEF results in increased LV diastolic pressures, which are further exaggerated with LVDPEF as a result of prolonged relaxation and shortened diastolic filling.