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ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2025

A Refined Approach to Permanent Coronary Artery Ligation in Rats: Enhancing Outcomes and Reducing Animal Burden.

Ellen Heeren, Lotte Vastmans, Dorien Deluyker, Marc Hendrikx, Virginie Bito

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Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ellen HeerenCardio & Organ Systems (COST), Biomedical Research Institute, UHasselt-Hasselt University, Agoralaan, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-8878-322X
Lotte VastmansCardio & Organ Systems (COST), Biomedical Research Institute, UHasselt-Hasselt University, Agoralaan, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium.ORCID 0009-0006-2699-9539
Dorien DeluykerCardio & Organ Systems (COST), Biomedical Research Institute, UHasselt-Hasselt University, Agoralaan, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-1645-319X
Marc HendrikxCardio & Organ Systems (COST), Biomedical Research Institute, UHasselt-Hasselt University, Agoralaan, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-4200-4144
Virginie BitoCardio & Organ Systems (COST), Biomedical Research Institute, UHasselt-Hasselt University, Agoralaan, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-0986-7906

Funding

Flanders Innovation and Entrepreneurship HBC.2021.0811
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rodents models of myocardial infarction (MI) continue to be frequently used in preclinical cardiovascular research, despite alternative approaches being on the rise. The commonly used coronary artery permanent ligation (PL) approach is often hampered by substantial perioperative mortality and variable success rates. We optimized the rat PL protocol by relying exclusively on isoflurane inhalation anesthesia by introducing a standardized intubation setup, maintaining strict control of body temperature throughout surgery, and surgical technique refinements. The latter included gentle mobilization of the

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3Rsmyocardial infarctionpermanent ligationrat modelreproducibilitysurgical refinement

Identifiers

PMID41514789
PMCPMC12784918

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