A 52-year-old man with chronic heart failure is found to have a cardiac output of 3.5 L/min (normal 5 L/min) and an elevated systemic vascular resistance (SVR) of 1800 mmHg·min/L (normal 1000–1200). Which compensatory mechanism best distinguishes his heart failure state from acute blood loss causing similar CO reduction?

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