Pharmacological cardioprotection in the acute myocardial infarction: potential of β-blockers and melatonin as forgotten cardioprotective agents

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¹ Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Department of Cardiology, Tenerife, Spain; Instituto Universitario de Tecnología Biomédicas, Tenerife, Spain. Electronic address: adrvdg@hotmail.com.
² Instituto Universitario de Tecnología Biomédicas, Tenerife, Spain; Universidad de La Laguna, Departamento de Fisiología, Tenerife, Spain.

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Alberto Dominguez-Rodriguez et al. Int J Cardiol. 2014.

. 2014 Mar 15;172(2):e354-5.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.12.303. Epub 2014 Jan 9.

¹ Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Department of Cardiology, Tenerife, Spain; Instituto Universitario de Tecnología Biomédicas, Tenerife, Spain. Electronic address: adrvdg@hotmail.com.
² Instituto Universitario de Tecnología Biomédicas, Tenerife, Spain; Universidad de La Laguna, Departamento de Fisiología, Tenerife, Spain.

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Keywords: Acute myocardial infarction; Cardioprotection; Melatonin; Myocardial reperfusion injury; β-blockers.

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