Therapeutic effect in patients with coronary heart disease based on information analysis from Traditional Chinese Medicine four diagnostic methods

作者：Yiqin Wang, Jin Xu, Rui Guo, Chaoxia Xu, Yiming Hao, Chunfeng Chen, Yijian Hong, Xiangqun Xiao, Wenjie Xu, Jing Hong, Lei Zhao · 发表于：中医杂志：英文版 · 年份：2014 · DOI：10.1016/s0254-6272(14)60051-0 · 被引用次数：27 · 研究领域：Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies、Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors、Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis

OBJECTIVE: To study information gained by Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) four diagnostic methods and characteristics of syndrome development before and after treatment in patients with coronary heart disease, and to probe into assessment indexes of therapeutic effects with distinctive TCM features. METHODS: Information from the four diagnostic methods before and after treatment in 100 patients with coronary heart disease was collected using the TCM interrogation scale, a pulse condition instrument, a tongue-face diagnosis instrument, and a voice diagnosis information collection system. Changes in the four diagnostic method results from before and after treatment were analyzed with frequency analysis and t-test methods. RESULTS: Before treatment, deficiency syndrome complicated with hyperactivity of pathogenic factors was most common. After treatment, deficiency syndrome was most common. This change from complex syndromes to single syndromes indicates disease and syndrome alleviation. Frequencies of symptoms gained by interrogation after treatment for syndrome of deficiency of heart-Qi, syndrome of deficiency of heart-Yin, and turbid phlegm syndrome were all less severe than those before treatment. Parameters of face color, color on all sub-regions of tongue, color of tongue fur, septic and greasy fur, and lip color after treatment all had significant changes. After treatment, part of the voice diagnosis parameters in the deficiency of heart-Yin and turbid phlegm syndromes...