[Inspection on advantage and cut-in point of integrative Chinese and Western medicine from view of cognitive transition on atherosclerosis].
How to prevent and cure atherosclerosis (AS), reduce the occurrence and mortality of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events is one of the hotspots in modern medicine researches. The understanding of AS experiences several dramatic transitions along with the deepening of researches, that is, from focusing on "vascular stenosis" to stressing "vulnerable plaque"; from taking the theory of "lipid deposit" as dominant to public acceptance of "inflammatory reaction" theory, and from "vulnerable plaque" to the new conception of "vulnerable patients". These changes bring forth the update concept and method of therapeutics, and also provide new opportunity and cut-in point for integrative Chinese and Western medicine in preventing and curing acute cardiovascular events.
Xu
Hao
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National Integrative Medicine Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing. xuhao2005@yahoo.com.cn
Chen
Ke-ji
KJ
D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000628:therapy; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000517:prevention & control; D008517:Phytotherapy / Q000379:methods*
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal