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Atherosclerosis: An Integrative East-West Medicine Perspective
Joint Authors
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-04-05
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Recent understanding of atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease has shifted the focus from lumen stenosis to vulnerable plaque, from lipid deposit to inflammatory reaction, and from vulnerable plaque to vulnerable patient.
This has led to a new direction of treatment consisting of intervening the inflammatory reaction, stabilizing the vulnerable plaque, inhibiting thrombosis after plaque rupture, and treating the vulnerable patient instead of treating lumen stenosis.
This seems to mirror the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) focus on prevention and on the vulnerable patient with treatment matched to the pattern dysfunction and dysregulation using the Chinese herbal medicine multitargeted approach.
Given the convergence of both the East and the West conceptualization of atherosclerosis, it is hopeful that the integrative East-West approach will facilitate early detection and more effective treatment of the vulnerable patients with coronary heart disease.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Xu, Hao& Shi, Dazhuo& Chen, Ke-Ji. 2012. Atherosclerosis: An Integrative East-West Medicine Perspective. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1028012
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Xu, Hao…[et al.]. Atherosclerosis: An Integrative East-West Medicine Perspective. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1028012
American Medical Association (AMA)
Xu, Hao& Shi, Dazhuo& Chen, Ke-Ji. Atherosclerosis: An Integrative East-West Medicine Perspective. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1028012
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1028012