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Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is common in middle aged and old population, while it is not rare in young people. Besides traditional risk factors for coronary atherosclerostic disease, it is also necessary to search for relatively rare causes for young patients with ACS.
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Objective To explore the epidemiological status of abnormal glucose metabolism and its influential factors among middle and aged population with hypertension in Chengdu area. Methods In 2008, after adopting the methods of stratified cluster sampling, the authors investigated 4685 subjects of the middle and aged population between the age of 40-79 in Chengdu urban and rural area by checking blood pressure and oral glucose tolerance test (OGTY). Patients with previously known diabetes mellitus (DM) were only asked to perform fasting glucose and to carry out a questionnaire. Comparison of the prevalence rates of abnormal glucose metabolism in hypertensive and non-hypertensive subjects was carried out. The prevalence rates of isolated impaired glucose tolerance (I-IGT) and isolated postprandial hyperglycemia (IPH) among middle and aged subjects with hypertension were acquired and the influential factors of abnormal glucose metabolism among middle and aged subjects with hypertension were analyzed. Results The prevalence rate of abnormal glucose metabolism in the hypertensive subjects was obviously higher than that in the non-hypertensive subjects; without using OGTT, 72.9% of the pre-diubetic and 54. 4% of the new diagnosed DM patients would remain undiagnosed if fasting plasma glucose detection was used alone. Age, diabetic history of first degree relatives ,overweight or obesity were the risk factors for the development of abnormal glucose metabolism among middle and aged male subjects with hypertension in Chengdu area. Exercise training and high education level were the protective factors. Age, diabetic history of first degree relatives,abdominal obesity and hypertriglyceridemia were the risk factors for the development of abnormal glucose metabolism among middle and aged female subjects with hypertension in Chengdu area. Conclusions More than 50% of middle and aged subjects with hypertension in Chengdu area has accompanying abnormal glucose metabolism. OGTT easily discloses the abnormal status and should be a routine procedure in the diagnosis of pre-diabetes or DM in such population. Appropriate exercise, learning diabetes-related knowledge to take reasonable lifestyle, and intervention of metabolic factors such as overweight or obesity are advised. Abdominal obesity and hypertriglyceridemia play important roles in leading to abnormal glucose metabolism among middle and aged population with hypertension.
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of Xiangdan Injection on mRNA expression of the endothelial vaso-active factors of patients with coronary heart disease and blood stasis. METHODS: Fifty-six patients were randomly divided into two groups:twenty-eight patients were treated according to the therapeutic guide for coronary heart disease as the control group and 28 were given the same treatment plus Xiangdan Injection as the treated group. The expressions of ET-1 and eNOS mRNA were examined with RT-PCR before experiment and ten days later. RESULTS: The positive rate of eNOS mRNA of the treated group increased, while the positive rate of ET-1 mRNA of the treated group decreased after ten day's treatment, with significant differences as compared with that before the experiment. Xiangdan Injection up-regulated the eNOS mRNA expression and suppressed the ET-1 mRNA expression. Changes of expression were not observed in the control group. CONCLUSION: Xiangdan Injection improves the endothelial function of patients with coronary heart disease and blood stasis by regulating the expressions of ET-1 and eNOS mRNA.
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Objective: To study the compatibility and therapeutical basis of composite herbal medicines of Lingguishugan Decoction(LD)(Poria, Ramulus Cinnamomi, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Radix Glycyrrhizae.)Methods: Ethanol extract test solutions of the different combinations were prepared according to the orthogonal layout L 16 (4 5). Pharmacologic experiments, such as the time of survival of mice in shortage of oxygen in normal pressure, the antagonistic effect on arrhythmia induced by chloroform and the diuretic effect were carried out with LD. Variance analysis, canonical correlation and stepwise regression analysis were applied to interelationship between the amount of each drug and the pharmacologic data. Then, the fingerprints of the solutions were tested by HPLC method and 50 chromatographic peaks were obtained. Correlation and regression analysis was applied to interelationship between the area of each peaks and the pharmacologic data.Results: The results confirmed the poria and cinnamon twig are the basis, while ovate atractylodes and licorice are the adjuvans. 17 peaks, which were established as the therapeutical basis of the decoction, were selected from all compounds, and cinnamic acid of cinnamomum cassia, glycyrrhizin of Glycyrrhiza uralensis and dehydrotumulosic acid of Poria cocos were selected as the markers to evaluate the quality of the decoction.Conclusion: This study provided a significant try of studying the compatibility of composite herbal medicines.