“…6 Other high-risk baseline characteristics found to be associated with developing HF include prior HF, older age, female gender, race, current smoker status, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, prior angina or stroke, peripheral vascular disease, previous coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG), admission diagnosis of STEMI or NSTEMI, ST-segment changes, anterior STsegment elevation, post-revascularization Q waves on ECG, right bundle branch block, LVEF< 30%, Killip class >2 at presentation, higher presenting heart rate, atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, and baseline TIMI grade 0 flow. 6,31,32,36,[41][42][43][44][45] Close attention to patients with those baseline characteristics in the setting of ACS and PCI, vigilance for early signs of HF and implementing preventive treatment, such as earlier use of the RAASB and BB might potentially lower the rate of HF during hospital stay in such patients. 6 Rare, but serious, causes of HF in patients who have STEMI include ventricular septal defect, acute mitral valve insufficiency due to ischemia or infarction and rupture of a papillary muscle or chordae.…”