Smoking is not allowed after implantation of stent therapy for heart attack, and smoking should be quit in time.
The cause of acute myocardial infarction in some patients is the rupture of unstable atheromatous plaques, which leads to bleeding and thrombosis in the vascular lumen, resulting in myocardial necrosis due to lumen occlusion. Smokers prostacyclin release is reduced, platelets are easy to adhere to the arterial wall aggregation, at the same time can make the blood HDL content decrease, triglyceride increase so easy to suffer from atherosclerosis.
When atherosclerosis is severe, atherosclerotic plaques have the risk of rupture, in addition to the nicotine contained in tobacco can act directly on the coronary arteries and myocardium, causing arterial spasm and myocardial damage. Continuing to smoke after timely stenting will increase the risk of reinfarction, so it is necessary to quit smoking in time.
In addition to quitting smoking after implantation of stents for heart attack, it is necessary to take anticoagulant and antiplatelet drugs on a regular basis and go to the hospital for regular checkups in order to prevent recurrence of the disease.