Abstract
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) is also known as a heart attack, coronary occlusion, or just coronary, which is a life-threatening condition characterized by the formation of local necrotic areas within the myocardium. One that is very influential on the psychological state of patients with heart problems that will be able to change the coping patterns of patients in dealing with the disease and live their lives is the emergence of anxiety. This paper is a literature review / literature review from several data bases namely Google Schoolar, ScienceDirect, NCBI and PubMed. Search articles are limited from 2010 to 2020. The author uses the keywords "anxiety" and "Acute myocardial infarction / Myocardial infarction". The results of the research from four data bases obtained 102 articles 43 from Indonesian language articles and 59 English articles. Based on the facts that occur in the condition of patients with AMI, anxiety is one of the conditions that can cause changes in physical, or psychological. Anxiety that appears can have a negative effect on the success of treatment and treatment, it is necessary to have appropriate pharmacological and nonpharmacological therapy. Non-pharmacological therapy, namely psychological therapy and complementary therapy. Complementary therapy has been recognized and accepted as a form of nursing care. The results of the analysis of several studies showed that independent nursing interventions that were proven effective in reducing anxiety were by giving aromatherapy namely aromatherapy Geranium, Lemon, and Lavender. Aromatherapy is a method that uses essential oils to improve physical and emotional health. Aroma therapy has a positive effect because it is known that a fresh, fragrant aroma stimulates sensory, receptors and ultimately affects other organs so that it can have a powerful effect on emotions. The results of this study can be considered giving nursing interventions to reduce anxiety in AMI patients by giving aromatherapy Keywords: anxiety; acute myocardial infarction; aromatherapy
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