El tratamiento y control de un ataque cardiaco involucra atención médica de emergencia antes y después de llegar al hospital, medicamentos, cambios en el estilo de vida y, posiblemente, un procedimiento u operación cardiacos.

Los objetivos del tratamiento son restaurar el flujo sanguíneo al músculo cardiaco y prevenir otro ataque cardiaco.

El tratamiento involucra lo siguiente:

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Acute coronary syndrome. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed. Updated March 31, 2014. Accessed April 10, 2014.

How is a heart attack treated? National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute website. Available at: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/heartattack/treatment.html. Updated December 17, 2013. Accessed April 10, 2014.

Prevention and treatment of heart attack. American Heart Association website. Available at: http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/HeartAttack/PreventionTreatmentofHeartAttack/Prevention-and-Treatment-of-Heart-Attack_UCM_002042_Article.jsp. Updated January 23, 2013. Accessed April 10, 2014.

ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed. Updated March 31, 2014. Accessed April 10, 2014.

Ultima revisión March 2019 por EBSCO Medical Review Board Michael J. Fucci, DO, FACC Last Updated: 03/26/2019