The relationship between stabilization of carotid artery atherosclerosis plaques with different TCM syndromes / 国际中医中药杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the relationship between stabilization of patients with carotid artery atherosclerosis plaques and different traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)syndromes.Methods 60 patients with carotid artery atherosclerosis plaques were undertaken TCM syndrome differentiation and carotid Color Doppler ultrasonography tested.Results The cases of insufficiency of kidney essence and insufficiency of vital energy and blood had occupied a larger ration in stabilization carotid artery atherosclerosis plaques; while sputum and blood stasis locking collaterals syndrome and blood stasis due to Qi deficiency syndrome had statistical significance in unstabilization carotid artery atherosclerosis plaques.Conclusion Different TCM syndromes had different stabilization of carotid artery atherosclerosis.Sputum and blood stasis locking collaterals syndrome and blood stasis due to deficiency syndrome are unstable.These two syndromes are high risk syndromes of carotid artcry atherosclerosis plaques.