NLRP3 and myocardial infarction: Recent studies have demonstrated that pyroptosis-related factors, such as NLRP3 and caspase-1, are involved in angiogenesis, myocardial hypertrophy, plaque formation in arterial walls, endothelial damage, myocardial fibrosis and other pathophysiological processes that form the basis of multiple cardiovascular diseases, including myocardial infarction (MI)/reperfusion, atherosclerosis (AS) and Kawasaki disease (KD).