title: [Blood-stasis and toxin causing catastrophe hypothesis and acute cardiovascular events: proposal of the hypothesis and its clinical significance].
abstract: A hypothesis of " blood-stasis and toxin causing catastrophe engender acute cardiovascular event (ACE)" was put forward according to TCM cognition on blood-stasis and toxin, in combining with the up to date concept of atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease, and together with our clinical practical experiences. The etiology, pathogenesis, evolving law, initial characteristics, clinical manifestation, therapeutic methods, prescriptions and their compatibility, as well as the well-suited time for applying TCM intervention were discussed. The authors stressed that it is of great significance for further reducing the morbidity of ACE and improving the effect of integrative medicine for preventing and treating cardiovascular thrombotic disease.
authors.affiliation: National Integrative Medicine Center for Cardiovascular Disease, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing.
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Da-Zhu
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Hui-Jun
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Yin
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease / Q000628:therapy; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000150:complications*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal