Objective To explore an optimal scheme for diagnosis and treatment of patients with acute viral myocarditis (AVM) with an experience prescription of professor Zhang Zengying, Junkang oral liquid.Methods A prospective study was conducted. Sixty patients with AVM admitted into the Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) from March 2012 to January 2014 were randomly divided into two groups: a control group and a treatment group (each, 30 cases). The patients in control group were treated with routine western medicine, including antiviral drugs, polarized solution, adenosine disodiu, and oxygen inhalation; while in treatment group, besides the comprehensive treatment in the control group, the patients were given Junkang oral liquid (main ingredients: Codonopsis pilosula, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Polygonatum odoratum, Notopterygii, Paris polyphylla Smith var. chinensis Hera, Forsythia suspensa, rhizome Ligustici Chunxiong, Hedyotis diffusa, Ophiopogonis tuber), 10 mL each time, three times a day; the treatment was consecutively applied for 3 months in both groups, 15 days constituting one therapeutic course. The changes of cardiac function [heart ejection fraction (EF), stroke volume (SV)] and myocardial enzyme [creatine kinase (CK), MB isoenzyme of creatine kinase (CK-MB), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH)], and the TCM syndrome integral score, symptoms and signs such as fever with chills, palpitation or severe palpitation, oppressed feeling in chest, deficiency of qi and disinclination to talk, dizziness, weakness and shortness of breath, spontaneous sweating, night sweating, body limb aches, premature beat shown on electrocardiogram (ECG) and curative effect were observed before and after treatment in the two groups.Results Compared with those before treatment, in the two groups after treatment, the EF and SV were significantly elevated, while the CK, CK-MB, AST, LDH, TCM syndrome integral score were obviously decreased, the degree of improvement in the treatment group being more prominent [EF: 0.601±0.088 vs. 0.538±0.084, SV (mL): 67.02±6.78 vs. 61.03±5.88, CK (U/L): 76.25±28.41 vs. 92.54±31.68, CK-MB (U/L): 18.34±8.94 vs. 22.45±9.70, AST (U/L): 31.29±14.28 vs.33.45±11.21, LDH (μmol·s-1·L-1): 2.28±0.51 vs. 2.34±0.68, TCM syndrome integral score: 12.34±1.24 vs. 18.36±1.98, allP < 0.05]; the degrees of improvement in symptoms and signs such as palpitation or severe palpitation, oppressed feeling in chest, shortness of breath, exhaustion, etc and the total effective rate of premature beat in treatment group were significantly higher than those in the control group [palpitations or severe palpitation: 92.59% (25/27) vs. 75.87% (22/29), oppressed feeling in chest: 92.00% (23/25) vs. 76.92% (20/26), shortness of breath exhaustion: 90.00% (18/20) vs. 76.19% (16/21), premature beat: 88.24% (15/17) vs. 75.00% (12/16), allP < 0.05], and the comparisons of total effective rates between the two groups including fever with chills [100.00% (15/15) vs. 93.75% (15/16)], deficiency of qi and disinclination to talk [88.00% (22/25) vs. 83.33% (15/18)], dizziness [87.50% (7/8) vs. 80.00% (8/10)], spontaneous sweating or night sweating [86.67% (13/15) vs. 80.00% (12/15)] and body limb ache [91.67% (11/12) vs. 84.62% (11/13)] showed no statistical significant differences (allP > 0.05).Conclusion Junkang oral liquid can significantly improve the clinical symptoms in patients with AVM, reverse its acute course and control arrhythmia, showing the advantage in diagnosis and treatment with combination of traditional Chinese and western medicine.

This article introduced HUANG Hai-long’s clinical experience in treating miscellaneous diseases, such as hysteromyoma, secondary infertility and hemospermia, and introduced the therapeutical effect of hualiu decoction, which was one of HUANG Hai-long’s empirical formula, and explained the clinical experience in treating hemospermia by the method of applying clearing after tonifying.

Objective To compare the efficacy of valsartan,benazepril and felodipine on reversal of left ventricular hypertrophy(LVH)in patients with hypertension and the relevant "aldosterone escape phenomena".Methods One hundred eleven patients with hypertension-related LVH were randomly to receive valsartan(80-160 mg/d,n=36),benazepril(10-20 mg/d,n=39)and felodipine(5 mg/d,n=36).Plasma angiotensin Ⅱ(Ang Ⅱ)and aldosterone(Ald)were determined before and 10-14 weeks 20-26 weeks after treatment.Echocardiographic examinations and blood routine,urine routine,blood glucose,blood lipid,liver function and renal function were conducted in all subjects before and after treatment.Results Blood pressure was significantly decreased in all three groups(P0.05).Valsartan increased plasma Ang Ⅱ at 10-14 weeks and furthermore at 20-26 weeks;benazepril decreased plasma Ang Ⅱ initiatively with trend of rebound at 20-26 weeks;however,plasma Ang Ⅱ was kept constantly in felodipine group.Valsartan decreased Ald and sustained during the all treatment period.On contrary,benazepril initiatively decreased Ald which was rebound to baseline level at 20-26 weeks.No change in Ald by felodipine was found during the treatment.After treatment plasma Ald level was significantly related to the reduction of LVH in both valsartan and benazepril groups.36% patients in benazepril group was found to have "aldosterone escape".Conclusion The antihypertensive effect was similar between valsartan,benazepril and felodipine.Although three medications all reversed LVH,but valsartan,benazepril was more effective than felodipine.There was no evidence of aldosterone escape in the long-term treatment with valsartan.Valsartan might have more advantages in reversal of LVH than benazepril.Felodipine had no effect on the plasma level of aldosterone.

Objective To investigate the correlation of the supine hypertension (SP) with carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) in the elderly. Methods Kailuan study is a functional community-based cardiovascular risk factor study. From June 2006, there was a physical examination every two years. In the examination, demographic data, smoking, drinking, physical exercise situation and medication situation were recorded. Levels of triglyceride, high sensitivity C-reactive protein, low density lipoprotein and other biochemical indexes were observed. Using cluster random sampling, 3 064 retired employees of 60 years of age or older were selected. A total of 2 464 subjects took part in an additional examination, including the 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity, blood pressure of different positions and urine albumin. Multiple linear regression was used to analyze the correlation between supine systolic blood pressure (SBP) and IMT. Multivariate Logistic regression was used to analyze the effect of SP on IMT. Results (1) Among 2 220 participants (67.29±6.09) years, 1 463 (65.9%) individuals were male and 757 (34.1%) were females, and the average IMT was (0.92 ± 0.18) mm. (2) There was a positive correlation between supine SBP and IMT (r=0.175, P<0.01). (3) After adjusting the confounds, supine SBP was significantly associated with IMT, with an increase of 1 SD (+20.42 mmHg, 1 mmHg=0.133 kPa) in SBP corresponding to an increase of IMT by 0.01 mm (P<0.01). (4) Multiple Logistic regression analysis showed that after adjusting for sitting SBP, age, gender and other factors, SP was still a risk factor of increased IMT (OR=1.37, 95%CI:1.03-1.80), and independent of sitting SBP. Conclusion The supine hypertension is a risk factor of increased IMT, and independent of sitting SBP.

To summarize the clinical experience of Professor WANG Meng-yong in the treatment of uric acid nephropathy. Professor WANG believes that the disease is mainly caused by spleen and kidney deficiency, disorder of function of Sanjiao, and pathological products, such as phlegm dampness and blood stasis and other metabolic disorders. Therefore, the treatment should distinguish symptoms and essence. Starting from pathogenesis and pathological features of spleen and kidney deficiency and phlegm dampness and blood stasis, the treatment should flexibly apply the methods of nourishing spleen and kidney, reducing phlegm and dispelling humidity, and activating blood and using diuretic of hydragogue to alleviate water retention, which can greatly reduce side effects caused by the long-term use of Western medicine and the onset of gout, and then to help disease recovery.

This article summarized the clinical experience of Professor WANG Meng-yong in treating chronic renal failure. The disease is mainly due to deficiency of lung, spleen, and kidney, and the Sanjiao dysfunction and water metabolism disorder of distribution, especially the spleen and kidney deficiency. Reinforcing pleen and kidney should be the basis in clinical syndromes; the superficial symptoms and root causes should be differentiated; the superficial symptoms should be treated if the patients have acute diseases; the root causes should be considered if the patients have chronic diseases; at the same time, the methods of tonifying qi and nourishing yin, protecting stomach qi, dredging intestines and descending turbid substance, invigorating the circulation of blood, and using diuretic of hydragogue to alleviate water retention should be applied, which can significantly improve symptoms of patients with chronic renal failure, delay the disease evolution process, and greatly improve life quality of patients.

Humans ; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ; diagnosis ; therapy