A patient who is recovering from a myocardial infarction may benefit from meditation, because this technique: sympathetic

Meditation decreases sympathetic nervous system activity. A myocaridial infraction is just another word for heart attack and the sympathetic nervous system can play a role in causing a heart attack. The sympathetic nervous system can increase your blood pressure, heart rate, both of which can cause a heart attack, so meditation can keep these things at a low level.