The representative histological and angiographic findings of the 2 rats in which the coronary artery was ligated 2 mm distal to the LAA (A-C and D-F).

<p>Both cases showed myocardial infarction localized to anterior territory with intact LCX and septal artery. The size of myocardial infarction was 33% <b>(A)</b>, and 26% <b>(C)</b>, respectively. Abbreviations, see Figs <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0183323#pone.0183323.g001" target="_blank">1</a> and <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0183323#pone.0183323.g002" target="_blank">2</a>.