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Figure 2 Late diastolic left ventricular filling, as indicated by Doppler echocardiographic peak A-wave velocity (A-peak), increases with dobutamine dose in both groups. Whereas younger (solid bars) patients have lower overall A-peak than older (open bars) patients, the dose response to dobutamine is indistinguishable between the two age groups. Error bars = 1 SEM.