[Salvia Miltiorrhiza reduces plasma levels of asymmetric ADMA in patients with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention].

Objective: To study changes of plasma ADMA levels of patients with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and to explore the effect of Salvia Miltiorrhiza (SM) on them.

Methods: Totally 52 patients with confirmed NSTEMI undergoing PCI were randomly assigned to the SM treated group and the control group, 26 in each group. Patients in the SM treated group received the conventional therapy plus SM (1 g each time, three times per day till one month after PCI).

The effect of trimetazidine on cardiac function in diabetic patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.

Aims: Trimetazidine is an anti-ischemic metabolic agent which improves myocardial glucose utilization. Whether it may improve cardiac function and physical tolerance in diabetic patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy is still not confirmed. In this study we have investigated the effectiveness of trimetazidine in these patients.

[Effect of different angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors on coronary collateral circulation].

Objective: To observe the effects of different angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) on coronary collateral circulation.

Methods: Twenty-four healthy dogs underwent measurement of distolic aortic pressure (DAP) and ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery. The distolic coronary pressure (DCP) and retrograde blood flow (Qret) were measured.