The narrative review on morphine in acute coronary syndrome: Recognizing opioidergic cardioprotection-reply

Am Heart J. 2016 Oct:180:e7-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2016.07.009. Epub 2016 Jul 25.

Authors

Cian P McCarthy¹, John W McEvoy²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
² Johns Hopkins Coronary Care Unit and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Electronic address: jmcevoy1@jhmi.edu.

PMID: 27659894
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2016.07.009

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Acute Coronary Syndrome*
Analgesics, Opioid
Humans
Ischemic Preconditioning, Myocardial
Morphine*
Myocardial Reperfusion Injury

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid
Morphine