Observations on effect of benefiting qi for activating blood circulation therapy on AMI

VernacularTitle:益气活血法治疗急性心肌梗塞的疗效观察
Author: Jieying ZHU ; Xuemei WEI ; Chao CHANG ; Shuanli XIN
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: AMI; Benefiting qi and activating blood circulation therapy
From: International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2010;32(4):303-304
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To approach the effect of benefiting qi and activating blood circulation therapy on AMI.Methods A total of 120 patients with AMI were recruited into a control group and a treatment group randomly. 60 cases in control group were treated with dextran, nitroglycerin and heparin. While 60 cases in the treatment group were treated with traditional Chinese medicines with the functions of benefiting qi and activating blood circulation on the basis of the control group. Therapeutic effects were observed after two weeks' treatment. Results The effective rat was 95.00% and 81.67% in the treatment group and the control group respectively, showing significant difference(P=0.0341 ＜0.05). In the 3 months follow-up, ischemia happened in the treatment group was significantly lower than the control group (P=0.0284, P＜0.05).Conclusion Combined treatment of TCM and western medicine is better than treatment of western medicine only. Benefiting qi and activating blood circulation therapy is effective on AMI and improves the prognosis.