Post - Myocardial infarction heart failure: present scenario and challenges ahead

Abstract

Despite spectacular success in the field of revascularization in coronary artery disease, it still remains the most prevalent cause of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases (ASCVD). Myocardial Infarction (MI) is the world's most common presentation of ASCVD and common cause of Heart Failure (HF). Even-though Heart Failure(HF) doesn’t have a "Universal definition" like MI, it is generally described as “a clinical syndrome caused by any structural/ functional cardiac dysfunction that impairs the ventricle's capacity to fill/ eject blood”. Yet there is one entity that requires considerable attention: Post-myocardial infarction heart failure (PMIHF).

Keywords

• myocardial infarction
• heart failure
• pmihf