“…Serotonin (5‐hydroxytryptamine, 5‐HT) accumulates in the heart during cardiac ischemia (Du et al, ; Shimizu et al, ; Sonobe, Akiyama, Du, Zhan, & Shirai, ). The increased myocardial interstitial level of 5‐HT directly induces myocardial cell injury through 5‐HT receptor‐dependent coronary vasoconstriction (Golino et al, ; Métais, Bianchi, Li, Simons, & Sellke, ), platelet aggregation (Willerson, Golino, Eidt, Campbell, & Buja, ), and overactivation of afferent cardiac sympathetic nerves (Fu & Longhurst, ; Longhurst, Tjen‐A‐Looi, & Fu, ).…”