FGF1 and myocardial infarction: Positive modulatory effects of FGF1 and FGF2 in the repair of induced ischemia-reperfusion injury and MI were revealed to be based on cardiomyocyte proliferation, stimulation of angiogenesis and the recovery of MI-induced remodeling, systolic and diastolic activities of the heart (Engel et al., 2006; Formiga et al., 2014; Garbayo et al., 2016; Rao et al., 2020).