After acute myocardial infarction, early restoration of myocardial perfusion by thrombolysis or percutaneous coronary intervention is the most effective way to reduce the size of myocardial infarction and improve clinical outcomes. However, recovery of blood flow to the ischemic myocardium may cause ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury, a phenomenon that instead reduces the efficacy of myocardial reperfusion. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has long been used for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases and has shown remarkable efficacy. Many studies have shown that some TCMs and their active components can exert protective effects against myocardial I/R injury through different mechanisms. This review summarized the protective mechanisms and current research advances of TCMs in myocardial I/R injury.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- acute myocardial infarction
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- blood flow
- ischemia reperfusion injury
- cardiovascular disease
- heart failure
- acute coronary syndrome
- acute ischemic stroke
- pulmonary embolism
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- coronary artery disease
- oxidative stress
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- antiplatelet therapy
- atrial fibrillation
- metabolic syndrome
- coronary artery bypass
- smoking cessation