[Expert consensus on Tongsaimai Tablets/Capsules in treatment of peripheral vascular diseases in clinical practice].

Tongsaimai Tablets/Capsules are composed of Lonicerae Japonicae Flos, Angelicae Sinensis Radix, Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix, Codonopsis Radix, Dendrobii Caulis, Astragali Radix, Scrophulariae Radix, and Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, and are effective in promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, supplementing Qi, and nourishing Yin. It is widely used in the treatment of peripheral vascular diseases. With 40 years of clinical application, it has accumulated substantial research data and application experience.

A meta-analysis of the relationship between foot local characteristics and major lower extremity amputation in diabetic foot patients.

Objective: To clarify and quantify risk factors among local characteristics of the foot for major amputation in diabetic foot patients.

Methods: Articles published before January 2018 on PubMed and Embase were conducted observational studies about risk factors for major amputation in patients with diabetic foot were retrieved and systematically reviewed by using Stata 12.0 statistical software.

[Effect of Chinese drugs for benefiting-qi, activating-blood, dissolving-phlegm and removing-toxin combined with conventional treatment in preventing and treating post-operative vascular restenosis in patients with diabetic lower extremity arterial disease underwent percutaneous transluminal angioplasty].

Objective: To verify the clinical efficacy of Chinese drugs for benefiting-qi, activating-blood, dissolving phlegm and removing-toxin (CDs) Combined with Conventional Treatment on post-operative vascular restenosis in patients with diabetic lower extremity arterial disease (DLEAD) underwent percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA).

Methods: Fifty-six DLEAD patients underwent PTA of below-knee artery were assigned to the treatment group (32 patients) treated by basic therapy combined with CDs and the control group (24 patients) treated by basic therapy only. The changes in symptoms and signs, ankle/brachial index (ABI) and transcutaneous oxygen pressure (TCPO2) of affected limb, and blood flow (BF) in operated vessels checked with color Doppler examination were monitored and analyzed with SPSS software 16.

[Effects of Astragalus membranaceus and Panax notoginseng on the transformation of bone marrow stem cells and proliferation of EPC in vitro].

Objective: To investigate the effect and the possible mechanism underlying the promotional effect of Astragalus membranaceus and Panax notoginseng on the transformation of bone narrow stem cells and proliferation of EPC.

Method: The marrow blood was collected in the patients with ischemia of lower limbs and BM-MNCs were separated and proliferated under different conditions. A.

[Treatment of lower limb ischemia with combination of traditional Chinese medicine and transplantation of autologous bone marrow mononuclear cells: a report of 23 cases].

Objective: To evaluate the therapeutic effect of transplantation of autologous bone marrow mononuclear cells combined with traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of limb ischemia.

Methods: Twenty-three patients with limb ischemia were treated. G-CSF was used to stimulate the bone marrow.