“…Briefly, intact, female Ossabaw swine (15-20 kg; 2 mo old) were randomly assigned to either a nonsham sedentary control group (CON; n = 5) that ingested a standard chow diet (5L80, Lab Diet; 3.03 kcal • g À1 , carbohydrate = 71%, protein = 18.5%, and fat = 10.5%; 500 g/day) or a Western dietfed aortic-banded heart failure group (WD-AB; n = 4) that consumed a diet high in fat, high fructose corn syrup, and cholesterol [5B4L, Laboratory Diet; 4.14 kcal g À1 ; carbohydrate, 40.8% (17.8% of total calories from high fructose corn syrup); protein, 16.2%; fat, 43%, 2% cholesterol w/w] (10,(20)(21)(22)(23)(24). At 6 mo of age, an aortic band was placed on the ascending aorta to increase afterload on the heart as previously described (10,(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(25)(26)(27). A trans-stenotic systolic gradient was set to %70 mmHg (72 ± 2 mmHg) under anesthesia using phenylephrine (iv 1-3 mg/kg/min) to set equivalent hemodynamic conditions defined as a mean aortic pressure (MAP) of %90 mmHg (87 ± 2 mmHg) and a heart rate of %85 beats/min (84 ± 3 bpm).…”