Lisbon School of Medicine of the Universidade de Lisboa 1 article published in JoVE Medicine Assessing Therapeutic Angiogenesis in a Murine Model of Hindlimb Ischemia Augusto Ministro1,2, Paula de Oliveira1, Raquel J. Nunes1, André dos Santos Rocha1, Tiago Ferreira2, J. Goyri-O'Neill3, Susana Constantino Rosa Santos1 1Centro Cardiovascular da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon School of Medicine of the Universidade de Lisboa, 2Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, 3Nova Medical School/Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Here, a critical hindlimb ischemia experimental model is presented followed by a battery of functional, histologic and molecular tests to assess the effectiveness of angiogenic therapies.