The pathophysiological role of the endogenous opioid system in myocardial ischaemia and cardiac failure
The endogenous opioid system may be involved in the pathogenesis of arrhythmias and produce deleterious haemodynamic effects in patients with myocardial ischaemia and/or cardiac failure. Plasma concentrations of β-endorphin, a potent opioid peptide, were elevated in 31/42 patients with acute myocard...
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University of Aberdeen
1992
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.260270 |