[Chinese Herbs Prevented and Treated Radiographic Contrast Nephropathy after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: an Analysis of Mechanism].

Now percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is an important treatment way for diag- nosing and treating coronary atherosclerotic heart disease (abbreviated as coronary heart disease). But use of contrast medium during intervention will result in acute renal failure. Hydration is a main measure to prevent radiographic contrast nephropathy at present.

[Effect of tongguan capsule on the number of endothelial progenitor cells in the peripheral blood of patients with coronary artery disease after PCI].

Objective: To observe the effect of Tongguan Capsule (TC) on the number of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) in the peripheral blood of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Methods: Recruited were 60 CAD patients undergoing PCI who were admitted and treated at ICU and the Heart Center of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine from March to October 2010. They were assigned to the treatment group (treated by TC) and the control group (treated by placebos) according to the random digit table, 30 cases in each group.