Abstract
Objective: To report nursing care in assisting patients affected by AMI before and after the postoperative period. Methods: This is an integrative literature review research, descriptive in nature, and exploratory, where scientific articles found in SCIELO, BIREME, Acervo+ and CAPES were used. Results: 15 articles were selected from which 3 categories emerged: Nursing care for patients affected by AMI; Myocardial revascularization as a treatment for AMI; Nursing care in the postoperative period of RM. These categories show the importance of the professional nurse to offer quality care to the individual affected by AMI. Final considerations: As the nurse is a professional who is present in AMI care from the first visits to recovery, it is very important that these professionals constantly seek technical-scientific knowledge, so that they can identify the symptoms of AMI and differentiate it from others heart disease, in the postoperative period, in addition to knowing how to identify complications early, nurses need to be agile to make decisions and perform synchronized procedures.