A 52-year-old man with longstanding hypertension presents with dyspnea on exertion. Echocardiography shows a left ventricular ejection fraction of 35% with concentric left ventricular hypertrophy. Which hemodynamic finding best distinguishes his cardiac output regulation from that of a patient with the same ejection fraction due to acute myocardial infarction?

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