Fig. 1

Mean values (±SD) for baseline (black columns) and 6-month (white columns) values of total peripheral vascular resistance (TPVR, upper panel), for the mean difference in TPVR between baseline and 6 months (grey columns, median panel) and for the percentages of patients with abnormally high TPVR (>40 mmHg.min.m².L⁻¹, lower panel) in patients categorized in 4 groups: (i) those without any significant increase in EF or EDV at 6 months (EF-/EDV-), (ii) those with an increase in EF only (EF+/EDV-) or (iii) EDV only (adverse remodeling, EF-/EDV+), and (iv) those with increase in both EF and EDV (EF+/EDV+). *: p < 0.05 for paired comparisons between baseline and 6 months