Atherosclerosis
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
45 Years to 70 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Aged between 45-70 years; (2) Meet the diagnostic criteria for atherosclerotic plaque; (3) Carotid artery intima-media is thickened, stable flat plaque, no unstable active plaque, total number of bilateral arterial plaques <= 5; (4) Carotid artery stenosis < 50%; (5) The low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level is between 2.59mmol/L-8.0mmol/L, and the triglyceride level is between 1.7mmol/L-10.0mmol/L; (6) No drugs related to improving atherosclerosis have been used in the past 2 weeks, such as drugs for the treatment of hypertension, heart failure, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, etc.; (7) Those who voluntarily participate in the research and can cooperate with the arrangement and understand the research content.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with any of the following criteria will be excluded: (1) The six risk factors of age >= 60 years, obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, low HDL-C, and smoking are combined with more than 4; (2) Those who have suffered from cerebrovascular accident, transient cerebral ischemic attack, severe trauma or major surgery; (3) Those with serious diseases related to the heart, liver, kidney or hematopoietic system; (4) People with mental illness such as cognitive impairment; (5) People with skin diseases and bleeding diseases; (6) Those who are afraid of acupuncture; those who become pregnant, breastfeeding or planning to become pregnant during the study period; (7) Participants in other trials.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Plaque volume;Crouse Plaque score;Gray Scale Median;Intima Media Thickness; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| BS\ES; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactHuang Xichang
Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed