title: [The criterion of syndrome differentiation and quantification for stable coronary heart disease caused by etiological toxin of Chinese medicine].
abstract: Contemporary Chinese medicine supposes that the blood stasis is a pivotal pathogenic mechanism of coronary heart disease (CHD). The presentation and pathological changes in acute cardiovascular events of CHD, however, seem to exceed the etiological category of blood stasis. The toxin or the combination and transformation of toxin and blood stasis of Chinese medicine are involved in the pathogenesis of CHD according to the basic theory of Chinese medicine. Therefore, to establish a criterion of differentiation and diagnosis for stable CHD caused by etiological toxin of Chinese medicine applying clinical epidemiological method, which is correlated to concept of evidence based medicine, is significant in early recognizing high risk patients and improving treatment of CHD.
authors.affiliation: Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing. chenkeji@gmail.com
authors.forename: Ke-ji
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Da-zhuo
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D055048:Integrative Medicine; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional