Use of intravenous melatonin in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction

摘要

The invention relates to a method of treating a subject who has suffered a myocardial infarction with ST-elevation and to a method of treating reperfusion injury in a subject, the method comprising intravenous administration of melatonin to the subject, wherein the administration is initiated within 3 hours or less of symptom onset and prior to the mechanical reperfusion and is maintained for at least 60 minutes.