A 62-year-old man with a 10-year history of hypertension presents with dyspnea on exertion and orthopnea. Echocardiography shows an ejection fraction of 35% with global hypokinesis. His left ventricular pressure-volume loop is plotted, and the line marked **C** (End-Systolic Pressure-Volume Relation, ESPVR) is compared to that of a healthy control. Which of the following best describes the expected change in the structure marked **C** in this patient?