Observational Study of Chinese Medicine Syndrome Distribution in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction and Its Impact on Prognosis.

Objective: To investigate the distribution of Chinese medicine (CM) syndrome in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) on admission and its impact on prognosis.

Methods: A total of 525 AMI patients were prospectively recruited and classifified into 4 groups based on their clinical characteristics: excess-heat, excess-cold, deficiency-heat and deficiency-cold syndromes. Major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) were followed up.

[Reference value of plasma N-terminal-pro-B-type natriuretic peptide in middle-aged and elderly Chinese].

Objective: To establish the normal ranges for plasma N-terminal-pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) of middle-aged and elderly ( ≥ 40 years) healthy subjects in China.

Methods: A total of 5133 subjects (2170 men and 2963 women) from the cohort of Shanghai Heart Health Study (SHHS) were included in this study. Plasma NT-proBNP was measured by electrochemiluminescence immunoassay.

[Association between the urinary microalbumin/creatinine ratio and cardiovascular risk factors among elderly community subjects].

Objective: To determine the value of the urinary microalbumin/creatinine ratio (UACR) and the relationship between UACR and traditional cardiovascular risk factors among elderly community subjects.

Methods: A representative population in Shanghai rural district aged more than 65 years who participated in the heart health survey of the key projects in the national science and technology pillar program in the eleventh five-year plan period of China were sampled via a clustered complex sampling method. A midstream collection from the first morning void collected was used to measure the urinary microalbumin, the urinary creatinine and the UACR.