Effects of Chinese patent medicine for activating blood circulation on cardiac repair after myocardial infarction / 中国临床药理学与治疗学

ABSTRACT

Myocardial infarction (MI) is a cardiovascular disease with high morbidity and mortality, which seriously endangers human health. Poor ways of repair after MI may damage people's life quality, therefore scientists have been committed to exploring the way of myocardial repair after MI to strive for a better prognosis of these patients. Chinese patent medicines for blood circulation activation have a long history of use in treatment of MI, where they have been shown to attenuate myocardial injury after MI and promote cardiac repair with multiple targets, links and pathways. This review focuses on a few representative Chinese patent medicines for MI and summarizes their pharmacological effects and clinical research in cardiac repair following MI, effectively providing scientific foundation on treating MI with Chinese patent medicines.