“…Other short-term models use 2–3.4 mg/kg of DOX every other day, six times intraperitoneally (the total dose is 12–20 mg/kg) ( Zbinden et al, 1978 ; Lanza et al, 1989 ; Carvalho et al, 2010 ; Razmaraii et al, 2016 ; Cappetta et al, 2018 ; Aygun and Gul, 2019 ; Barış et al, 2019 ). Long-term rat models typically use 1–5 mg/kg every week for 2–12 weeks with a cumulative dose of 3–25 mg/kg ( Villani et al, 1991 ; Sacco et al, 2001 ; Sayed-Ahmed et al, 2001 ; Rahimi Balaei et al, 2010 ; Hydock et al, 2012 ; Hole et al, 2013 ; Toblli et al, 2014 ; Kang et al, 2017 ; Medeiros-Lima et al, 2019 ; Wang et al, 2019 ; Chakouri et al, 2020 ; Sharma et al, 2020 ). Thus, a short-term high-dose injection model would be suitable for assessing acute cardiotoxicity, while a long-term low-dose model would be suitable for assessing chronic cardiotoxicity.…”