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Effect of Shengmai injection (生脉注射液) on vascular endothelial and heart functions in patients with coronary heart disease complicated with diabetes mellitus

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Objective

To study the effect of Shengmai injection (生脉注射液, SMI) on vascular endothelial and heart functions in coronary heart disease patients complicated with diabetes mellitus (CHD-DM).

Methods

One hundred and twenty patients with CHD-DM, their diagnosis confirmed by coronary arteriography, were equally randomized into a control group treated with conventional treatment and a treated group treated with conventional treatment plus SMI. The changes in blood levels of nitric oxide (NO), endothelin-1 (ET-1) and angiotensin II (Ang II), as well as endothelium-dependent vascular dilating function and heart function in the patients were observed before treatment and after the 3-week treatment.

Results

After being treated with SMI for 3 weeks, in the treated group, blood level of NO was raised significantly from 69.8 ± 33.1 μ mol/L to 120.1 ± 50.8 μ mol/L, and ET-1 was lowered from 70.1 ± 32.1 ng/L to 46.2 ± 21.3 ng/L, respectively (P<0.01); that of Ang II was lowered from 81.3 ± 24.3 ng/L to 50.2 ± 27.3 ng/L (P<0.01); brachial arterial post-congestion blood flow increasing rate was raised from 389.4 ± 26.3% to 459.3 ± 27.8% (P<0.01); and the improvement in heart function as seen through the ejection fraction (EF) was increased from 44 ± 5% to 68 ± 6% (P<0.01), all the changes being more significant than those in the control group (all P<0.01).

Conclusion

SMI can improve not only the endothelial function in CHD-DM patients, but also heart contraction significantly.

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  1. Department of Internal Cardiology, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, 200092, China

    Ya-chen Zhang  (张亚臣), Bao-jing Lu  (吕宝经) & Mei-hua Zhao  (赵美华)

  2. Department of Laboratory, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025, China

    Ye-zhi Rong  (荣烨之) & Rui-ming Chen  (陈瑞明)

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Zhang, Yc., Lu, Bj., Zhao, Mh. et al. Effect of Shengmai injection (生脉注射液) on vascular endothelial and heart functions in patients with coronary heart disease complicated with diabetes mellitus. Chin. J. Integr. Med. 14, 281–285 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-008-0281-3

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