Abstract
A lack of preclinical large animal models of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) that recapitulate this comorbid-laden syndrome has led to the inability to tease out mechanistic insights and to test novel therapeutic strategies. This study developed a large animal model that integrated multiple comorbid determinants of HFpEF in a miniswine breed that exhibited sensitivity to obesity, metabolic syndrome, and vascular disease with overt clinical signs of heart failure. The combination of a Western diet and 11-deoxycorticosterone acetate salt−induced hypertension in the Göttingen miniswine led to the development of a novel large animal model of HFpEF that exhibited multiorgan involvement and a full spectrum of comorbidities associated with human HFpEF.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 154-170 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | JACC: Basic to Translational Science |
Volume | 6 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2021 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- animal models of human disease
- heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
- hypertension
- metabolic syndrome
- obesity