Name: lad-ligation: a murine model of myocardial infarction
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The authors thank Christiane Pahrmann for her technical assistance and performing histology.

Balb/C mice weighing a minimum of 20g at an age of 8 to 12 weeks are purchased from Charles River (Sandhofer Weg 7, D-97633 Sulzfeld). 
 Mice are housed under conventional conditions, fed standard mouse pellets and water ad libitum. Anesthetize mouse with isoflurane (2%) using an induction chamber. 
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In summary, this video visualizes the LAD-ligation model step-by-step and identifies LAD-ligations in mice as easily feasible surgical procedures.

lad-ligation: a murine model of myocardial infarction

Research models of infarction and myocardial ischemia are essential to investigate the acute and chronic pathobiological and pathophysiological processes in myocardial ischemia and to develop and optimize future treatment.
Two different methods of creating myocardial ischemia are performed in laboratory rodents. The first method is to create cryo infarction, a fast but inaccurate technique, where a cryo-pen is applied on the surface of the heart (1-3). Using this method the scientist can not guarantee that the cryo-scar leads to ischemia, also a vast myocardial injury is created that shows pathophysiological side effects that are not related to myocardial infarction. The second method is the permanent ligation of the left anterior descending artery (LAD). Here the LAD is ligated with one single stitch, forming an ischemia that can be seen almost immediately. By closing the LAD, no further blood flow is permitted in that area, while the surrounding myocardial tissue is nearly not affected. This surgical procedure imitates the pathobiological and pathophysiological aspects occurring in infarction-related myocardial ischemia.
The method introduced in this video demonstrates the surgical procedure of a mouse infarction model by ligating the LAD. This model is convenient for pathobiological and pathophysiological as well as immunobiological studies on cardiac infarction. The shown technique provides high accuracy and correlates well with histological sections.

Watch this Scientific Journal Video about LAD-Ligation: A Murine Model of Myocardial Infarction at JoVE.com

LAD-Ligation: A Murine Model of Myocardial Infarction

This video demonstrates how to use a fast and reliable model to study pathobiological and pathophysiological processes of myocardial ischemia.

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