AGT and cardiac hypertrophy: Our echocardiographic data showed that regular moderate-intensity exercise resulted in reduced cardiac hypertrophy and improved diastolic function in hypertensive rats Interestingly, 2 weeks of detraining failed to completely preserve this exercise-induced improvements in cardiac hypertrophy and function as suggested by significant increase in LVPWTd and a not significant but considerable increase in IVSTd and Tei index in AngII+Det when compared to AngII+Ex rats.