**Abbreviations**

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI); brain-derived natriuretic peptide (BNP); cardiovascular diseases (CVD); heart failure (HF); ischaemia and reperfusion (I/R); left anterior descending (LAD); left ventricular adverse remodelling (LVAR); left ventricular end-diastolic volume (LVEDV); microRNAs (miRNAs); peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs); primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI); STEMI (ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction); thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI).
