title: Use of traditional Chinese medicine in Chinese patients with coronary heart disease.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the use of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) or both TCM and guideline-recommended Western medicine (WM) in Chinese patients with coronary heart disease (CHD).
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional nationwide survey of 2803 CHD outpatients was completed by collecting information, including general demographic data, disease history, and use of drugs (including TCM and WM).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 2712 CHD outpatients with complete drug treatment data, only 3.1% received TCM without any WM for CHD, 30.0% received both TCM and WM recommended by current CHD guidelines, and 66.9% received only WM. Patients with a longer history of CHD or with a history of stroke, were more likely to use TCM. However, 90.6% of CHD patients who used TCM also used certain WM. Furthermore, patients who used more types of TCM tended to use much less WM recommended by current guidelines.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A substantial proportion of Chinese CHD outpatients use both TCM and WM for secondary prevention of CHD. It is important to assess the effect of combined TCM and WM on major clinical outcomes in Chinese CHD patients.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung & Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing 100029, China.
authors.forename: Xiang Yu
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Hong Juan
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Lan Ping
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: Miao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D044466:Asian People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002681:China; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D055502:Secondary Prevention / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: Coronary heart disease; Guidelines; Traditional Chinese medicine