A Heart Attack, or acute myocardial infarction (AMI), occurs when blood flow to a portion of the heart is suddenly blocked, leading to myocardial ischemia and irreversible tissue damage. This session provides an in-depth exploration of mechanisms, diagnosis, risk assessment, emergency care, and long-term management strategies. As clinicians worldwide seek expertly structured learning through a dedicated heart conference, this session offers comprehensive insights into acute and chronic care pathways.

The description explains the underlying causes of heart attacks—plaque rupture, erosion, thrombosis, coronary vasospasm, microvascular dysfunction, and spontaneous coronary artery dissection. Participants will understand how factors such as diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, smoking, genetics, and stress contribute to coronary instability.

A major focus is implementing advanced heart attack management strategies from first medical contact to long-term secondary prevention. This includes recognizing early symptoms, using ECG for rapid diagnosis, interpreting biomarkers such as troponin, and employing reperfusion therapies—primary PCI, fibrinolysis, and adjunctive pharmacology. The session outlines PCI techniques, challenges in multivessel disease, and complications such as cardiogenic shock, mechanical failure, arrhythmias, and pericarditis.

Participants will learn evidence-based approaches to antithrombotic therapy, beta-blockers, statins, ACE inhibitors, ARBs, and SGLT2 inhibitors. The session emphasizes cardiac rehabilitation, lifestyle modification, and long-term monitoring of heart function using imaging and stress testing.

Special populations—including elderly patients, women, diabetics, and individuals with atypical symptoms—are explored with respect to presentation, risk, and treatment nuances. Future directions include AI-supported risk prediction, high-sensitivity diagnostics, precision medicine, minimally invasive revascularization, and novel plaque-stabilizing therapies.