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Melatonin and ST Segment Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction—the “Forgotten Cardioprotective Therapy” Strikes Again

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The authors thank Ines Abreu-Afonso for her linguistic revision of this manuscript.

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This research was funded by the Institute Carlos III (ISCIII) (PI15/01260), General Branch Evaluation and Research Promotion, State Plan of Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation 2013–2016, and European Regional Development Fund Health–FEDER.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Ofra s/n La Cuesta, E-38320, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

    Alberto Dominguez-Rodriguez & Nestor Baez-Ferrer

  2. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Europea de Canarias, La Orotava, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

    Alberto Dominguez-Rodriguez

  3. Departamento de Ciencias Médicas Básicas (Unidad de Fisiología), Universidad de La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

    Pedro Abreu-Gonzalez

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A.D-R and P.A-G have a patent to the use of melatonin in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (P201400743). The other author reports no conflict of interest.

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Dominguez-Rodriguez, A., Baez-Ferrer, N. & Abreu-Gonzalez, P. Melatonin and ST Segment Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction—the “Forgotten Cardioprotective Therapy” Strikes Again. J. of Cardiovasc. Trans. Res. 11, 308–309 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12265-018-9815-z

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