A growing challenge in medicine is heart failure representing high morbidity and mortality. A major risk factor for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction is a history of myocardial infarction. The expansion of a large infarct and subsequent regional ventricular dilatation can cause post-infarct remodelling, leading to significant enlargement of the left ventricular chamber.
This article highlights about the aspects related to post-infarct left ventricular remodelling. The number of persons surviving an acute coronary syndrome has increased in the last decade, as a consequence of several improvements in the care of patients: more effective therapies, the development of a network of emergency intervention, growing number of hospitals equipped to perform a primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) and better understanding of alarm symptoms of coronary heart disease among…
