Cerebral dysfunction in patients with acute myocardial infarction

Background. The article discusses the features of one of the complications of acute myocardial infarction – cerebral dysfunction, which negatively affects the quality of life of patients, worsens the disease prognosis, increases the hospital length of stay and the risk of death. The presence of cerebral disorders in patients with acute myocardial infarction causes difficulties in the choice of therapeutic tactics, including the decision on myocardial revascularization. The identification of predictive factors for cerebral deficiency in acute myocardial infarction and the development of an algorithm for the management of such patients is an urgent task of today medicine.

Aim. To study the features of cerebral dysfunction in patients with myocardial infarction according to contemporary Russian and foreign literature sources. To create an algorithm for the diagnosis and treatment of cerebral dysfunction in patients with acute myocardial infarction.

Material and methods. Patients with acute myocardial infarction who developed cerebral dysfunction in the acute period of the disease were examined.

Conclusion. Timely diagnosis, antiplatelet therapy, emergency reperfusion therapy in the acute period of myocardial infarction, as well as preventive measures reduce the development of cerebral complications, improve the results of treatment of patients with myocardial infarction, reduce the number of inpatient treatment days, as well as improve the long term prognosis.

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