Myocardial infarction patients with lower limb edema are mostly considered to be caused by heart failure after myocardial infarction, and the treatment mainly focuses on eliminating edema and improving cardiac function.
1. Elimination of edema: diuretics are effective drugs for eliminating edema, commonly used intravenous diuretics are furosemide, torasemide, etc. Oral diuretics are hydrochlorothiazide, furosemide, spironolactone, etc. When applying diuretics, attention should be paid to monitoring ions in order to prevent ionic disorders. When applying diuretics, attention should be paid to monitoring ions to prevent ionic disorders.
2. Improvement of heart function: the latest guidelines propose the application of new quadruple anti-heart failure drugs for heart failure patients to improve the prognosis of heart failure and long-term survival rate. Such as sacubitril valsartan/closartan/erbesartan/captopril/perindopril etc., bisoprolol/metoprolol etc., spironolactone combined with dagliflozin/engelezin and other drugs.
Myocardial infarction patients with swelling of the lower limbs need to be hospitalized and treated with medication under the guidance of a doctor.