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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 21.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2017 Oct 3;136(21):2037–2050. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.028202

Table 1.

Comparison between human HFpEF and Dahl salt-sensitive rat model of HFpEF

Human HFpEF Rat HFpEF
Hemodynamic abnormality + +
Echocardiographic diastolic dysfunction + +
QTc prolongation + +
High sudden death rate + +
Increased fibrosis + +
Elevated baseline heart rate +
Co-morbidities
   Hypertension + +
   Diabetes Mellitus +
   Obesity +
   Old age +