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There was no association between the amount of chocolate consumed and post-infarction ventricular function (LVEF) and coronary flow after TIMI frame count. There was also a negative correlation between Syntax and the amount of chocolate consumed, suggesting lower severity of coronary lesion in patients who consumed chocolate in larger amounts. Author contributions Conception and design of the research: Duarte HM, Moreira DM, Silva RL, Fattah T. Acquisition of data: Duarte HM, Moreira DM, Silva RL, Fattah T. Analysis and interpretation of the data: Duarte HM, Moreira DM, Silva RL, Fattah T. Statistical analysis: Duarte HM, Moreira DM. Writing of the manuscript: Duarte HM, Moreira DM, Oliveira MCR, Jung R. Critical revision of the manuscript for intellectual content: Duarte HM, Moreira DM, Oliveira MCR, Jung R. Potential Conflict of Interest No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported. Sources of Funding There were no external funding sources for this study. Study Association This article is part of the thesis of work of course conclusion submitted by Heloyse Martins Duarte, from Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina (Unisul). Ethics approval and consent to participate This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Instituto de Cardiologia de Santa Catarina (ICSC) under the protocol number 55450816010010113. All the procedures in this studywere in accordance with the 1975 Helsinki Declaration, updated in 2013. Informed consent was obtained from all participants included in the study.