title: [Effect of xiaoyu tablet on blood flow parameters and morphology of carotid artery in atherosclerotic patients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the effect of Xiaoyu Tablet (XYT) on blood flow parameters and morphology of carotid artery in atherosclerotic patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using color Doppler ultrasonographic technique to examine the blood flow parameters and intimal thickness of carotid artery in 20 patients of carotid atherosclerosis after 24 weeks treatment of XYT, and compared with those in 10 patients treated with gastrodine lipid-lowering tablet.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After 24 weeks treatment, blood flow parameters of carotid artery were obviously improved and intimal thickness of common carotid arteries in both side was markedly decreased. XYT showed an effect better than that of gastrodine lipid-lowering tablet.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  XYT is effective in increasing blood flow of cervical and cerebral arteries.
authors.affiliation: Suzhou Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Jiangsu 215007.
authors.forename: Mei-lin
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Zhen-lun
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Bei
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhong
mesh_terms: D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008517:Phytotherapy; D013607:Tablets; D017539:Tunica Intima / Q000473:pathology; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D013607:Tablets