title: [Retrospective analysis on Chinese medicinal treatment on 302 chronic heart failure patients of coronary heart disease and diabetes].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the characteristics of Chinese medicinal treatment on 302 chronic heart failure (CHF) patients of coronary heart disease and diabetes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data of CHF patients of coronary heart disease and diabetes hospitalized in 9 hospitals of Beijing and Tianjin from Jan. 2003 to Sep. 2006 were collected and their clinical syndromes, condition of treatment (both western and Chinese medicine) were investigated and analyzed using the data system of Chinese medicine clinical research for coronary heart disease.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the 302 patients, the intravenous perfusion were mainly injections of puerarin, Salvia mitrorrhiza, sanchi total saponin and fleabane. The Chinese medicinal treatment applied was mainly the methods of supplementing Qi, activating blood circulation, dissolving phlegm. In the apozem, hoelen is the highest frequency in all drugs and the frequency in order is hoelen, glycyrrhizae, Salvia mitrorrhiza, astragali, Rhizoma Pinelliae, etc.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The patients of these 9 hospitals were mainly treated by integrative medicine and the Chinese medicinal treatment applied was mainly the methods of supplementing Qi, activating blood circulation, dissolving phlegm.
authors.affiliation: Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Science, Beijing 100091, China.
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jing
authors.forename: Zhu-Ye
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Gao
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications*; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007529:Isoflavones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D027561:Salvia miltiorrhiza / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D007529:Isoflavones; C033607:puerarin