title: [Clinical observation on quality of life in coronary artery bypass grafting patients treated according to syndrome differentiation of TCM].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the clinical effect and quality of life (QOL) in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) patients treated according to syndrome differentiation of TCM.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty-two CABG patients were allocated in the control group (n = 39) treated with conventional method of western medicine, and the TCM-treated group (n = 43) treated according to syndrome differentiation of TCM based on the conventional western medicine. The Seattle Angina Questionnaire (SAQ) was used to assess the clinical effect and quality of life.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After 2 months treatment, the TCM syndrome score in TCM-treated group was better, and the score of SAQ was higher than that in the control group (all P < 0.01). In the aspects of anginal stability, anginal frequency, treatment satisfaction and disease perception, there was significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  TCM treatment could promote recovery, improve symptoms and elevate QOL of CABG patients.
authors.affiliation: Heart Center, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of TCM, Guangzhou 510105. Ruanxinmin-MD@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Xin-min
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Ruan
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D008517:Phytotherapy; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal