[Observation by color Doppler ultrasound on endothelium-dependent dilation of congestive heart failure treated with Kanli Decoction].
OBJECTIVE
To observe the changes of endothelium-dependent dilation (EDD) of patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) before and after Kanli Decoction treatment.


METHODS
Thirty-five CHF patients were treated with Kanli Decoction. We used color Doppler ultrasound to monitor the flow-mediated dilation (FMD), pulsatile index (PI), resistance index (RI), baseline blood flow (BF), ejection fraction (EF) before and after the treatment.


RESULTS
FMD after treatment (9.26+/-3.19) were obviously higher than that before the treatment (7.06+/-2.58) (P<0.05), but BF, PI and RI were not improved.


CONCLUSIONS
Applying color Doppler ultrasound into observation on EDD of patients suffering from CHF and treated by the Kanli Decoction shows that the CHF could be treated by traditional Chinese medicine.
He
Zheng
Z
Department of Ultrasonography, Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200021, China. he_wu7177@hotmail.com
Wu
Yue
Y
Jiang
Mei-Xian
MX
Cheng
Rong-Qi
RQ
Shen
Rui
R
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000187:drug effects; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006334:Heart Function Tests; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019370:Observation; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal