title: [Clinical efficacy of treatment for regulating Pi and protecting Xin in treating patients after coronary artery bypass grafting and its effect on patients' quality of life].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the clinical efficacy of treatment for regulating Pi and protecting Xin (abbr. as CHM) and its effect on quality of life (QOL) in patients after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and six patients, who were planned to undergo CABG were assigned into two groups, the 51 patients in the control group were treated with conventional Western medicinal treatment (WM) and the 55 patients in the experimental group were treated by WM with additional medication of CHM constituted mainly by modified Huxin Recipe. The changes of symptoms and heart function were observed and the patients' QOL was evaluated by SF-36 Scale.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After being treated for 3 months, the total scores of symptoms in the experimental group was significantly improved in comparing with that in the control group (P < 0.01), the clinical efficacy on symptoms of TCM and improvement of heart function were superior to those in the control group (P < 0.05) respectively. The scores in terms of pain, vitality, role of emotion, mental health, health transition of patients in the experimental group according to SF-36 scale were significantly higher than those in the control group (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Treatment for regulating Pi and protecting Xin by modified Huxin Recipe can improve the recovery process of patients after CABG, elevate patients' heart function, symptoms and QOL.
authors.affiliation: Heart Center, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou. rxmmd@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Xin-Min
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Ruan
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011788:Quality of Life