Clinical Studies Of Heart And Peace Of Prevention And Treatment Of Coronary Heart Disease

In coronary artery disease (CAD), the definition has been clear that this is anarrowing of the coronary arteries, giving rise to symptom like chest pain andbreathlessness.On the modern definition of CAD, we attempt to classify people with anginapectoris into TCM clinical syndromes and treat the syndrome with the Chineseherbal formulation, Xin An Ning, in addition to their regular CAD treatmentAim: The aim of this paper is to look into the effect of combination of Chinese medicine with western medicine , in patient already on conventional western treatment for CAD, and see if this addition of herbal preparation will improve the outcome of the patient, both in symptoms and long term outcome.Methodology: 40 patient with CAD were randomized to 2 group of 20, one group will continue to receive conventional therapy for CAD. The other group of 20 will receive the Chinese herbal preparation , Xin An Ning.Results: The patients that receive Xin AN Ning in addition to their regular western medicine show a improvement in the frequency of chest pain and also a greater reduction in cholesterol and homocysteine level, which are some of the factors that predict the outcome of coronary artery disease.Conclusion: The outcome of this study indicate that the Chinese herbal preparation, xin an ning is important in the treatment of CAD. It can be augment the action of the conventional treatment on CAD and it improve the outcome of the disease.