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Figure 1 Early diastolic left ventricular filling, as indicated by Doppler echocardiographic peak E-wave velocity (E-peak), is lower in the older (open bars) than younger (solid bars) group at baseline. Moreover, E-peak increases with dobutamine dose in the younger but not the older group (interaction p < 0.004). Error bars = 1 SEM.