Secondary prevention after myocardial infarction requires a combination of non-pharmacological interventions, pharmacological therapies, and comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation.
This review summarizes current non-pharmacological and pharmacological strategies, as well as cardiac rehabilitation and quality indicators, for secondary prevention after acute myocardial infarction.
Acute myocardial infarction is a manifestation of atherosclerosis which may be fatal. In-hospital and short-term mortality rates after an acute myocardial infarction have declined in the past few decades. However, although long-term mortality has decreased, it remains unacceptably high. This review paper summarises the non-pharmacological interventions (smoking cessation, physical activity, nutrition, and psychosocial intervention) and pharmacological approaches (antiplatelet and lipid-lowering therapy, renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors, beta-blockers, and glucose-lowering drugs) to secondary prevention after a myocardial infarction. The provision of secondary prevention services is established through cardiac rehabilitation, which consists of several discussed components. Finally, we discuss the quality indicators for long-term care after an acute myocardial infarction.
Tuka et al. (Wed,) conducted a review in Acute myocardial infarction. Secondary prevention interventions was evaluated. Secondary prevention after myocardial infarction requires a combination of non-pharmacological interventions, pharmacological therapies, and comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation.