Complementary/Alternative Medicine in Cardiovascular Diseases

“Complementary/Alternative Medicine in Cardiovascular Diseases” is an annual special issue published in “Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine.” The current issue is the 2013 issue, which is now closed for submissions.

Complementary/Alternative Medicine in Cardiovascular Diseases 2013

• Banxia Baizhu Tianma Decoction for Essential Hypertension: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials, Xingjiang Xiong, Xiaochen Yang, Wei Liu, Bo Feng, Jizheng Ma, Xinliang Du, Pengqian Wang, Fuyong Chu, Jun Li, and Jie Wang
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 271462, 10 pages
• The Cardioprotective Effects of Citric Acid and L-Malic Acid on Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury, Xilan Tang, Jianxun Liu, Wei Dong, Peng Li, Lei Li, Chengren Lin, Yongqiu Zheng, Jincai Hou, and Dan Li
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 820695, 11 pages
• A Systems Biology Approach to Characterize Biomarkers for Blood Stasis Syndrome of Unstable Angina Patients by Integrating MicroRNA and Messenger RNA Expression Profiling, Jie Wang and Gui Yu
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 510208, 21 pages
• Therapeutic Effects of Water Soluble Danshen Extracts on Atherosclerosis, Yoon Hee Cho, Cheol Ryong Ku, Zhen-Yu Hong, Ji Hoe Heo, Eun Hee Kim, Dong Hoon Choi, Dongkyu Kim, Ae-Jung Kim, Cheol Soon Lee, Mankil Jung, Hyun Chul Lee, MiRan Seo, and Eun Jig Lee
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 623639, 11 pages

Complementary/Alternative Medicine in Cardiovascular Diseases 2012

• The Potential Benefit of Complementary/Alternative Medicine in Cardiovascular Diseases, Ke-ji Chen, Ka Kit Hui, Myeong Soo Lee, and Hao Xu
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 125029, 1 page
• Impact of Transcendental Meditation on Left Ventricular Mass in African American Adolescents, Vernon A. Barnes, Gaston K. Kapuku, and Frank A. Treiber
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 923153, 6 pages
• Chinese Medicine Injection Qingkailing for Treatment of Acute Ischemia Stroke: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials, Fafeng Cheng, Xueqian Wang, Yi Lu, Xianggen Zhong, Yan Zhao, and Qingguo Wang
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 213172, 7 pages
• Effect of Keishibukuryogan on Endothelial Function in Patients with at Least One Component of the Diagnostic Criteria for Metabolic Syndrome: A Controlled Clinical Trial with Crossover Design, Yutaka Nagata, Hirozo Goto, Hiroaki Hikiami, Tatsuya Nogami, Makoto Fujimoto, Naotoshi Shibahara, and Yutaka Shimada
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 359282, 10 pages
• Metabolomics-Based Study of Clinical and Animal Plasma Samples in Coronary Heart Disease with Blood Stasis Syndrome, Huihui Zhao, Jianxin Chen, Qi Shi, Xueling Ma, Yi Yang, Liangtao Luo, Shuzhen Guo, Yong Wang, Jing Han, and Wei Wang
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 638723, 6 pages
• The Effects of Jiang-Zhi-Ning and Its Main Components on Cholesterol Metabolism, Jianxin Chen, Huihui Zhao, Xueling Ma, Xiao Han, Liangtao Luo, Luya Wang, Jing Han, Bing Liu, and Wei Wang
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 928234, 10 pages
• Korean Red Ginseng Improves Blood Pressure Stability in Patients with Intradialytic Hypotension, I-Ju Chen, Ming-Yang Chang, Sheng-Lin Chiao, Jiun-Liang Chen, Chun-Chen Yu, Sien-Hung Yang, Ju-Mei Liu, Cheng-Chieh Hung, Rong-Chi Yang, Hui-Chi Chang, Chung-Hua Hsu, and Ji-Tseng Fang
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 595271, 9 pages
• The Protective Effect of Apamin on LPS/Fat-Induced Atherosclerotic Mice, Soo-Jung Kim, Ji-Hyun Park, Kyung-Hyun Kim, Woo-Ram Lee, Sok Cheon Pak, Sang-Mi Han, and Kwan-Kyu Park
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 305454, 10 pages
• Lipid-Regulating Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Mechanisms of Actions, Wei-Jian Bei, Jiao Guo, Hai-Yun Wu, and Yang Cao
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 970635, 10 pages
• Chinese Medicine Shenfu Injection for Heart Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Song Wen-Ting, Cheng Fa-Feng, Xu Li, Lin Cheng-Ren, and Liu Jian-Xun
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 713149, 25 pages
• The Effects of Velvet Antler of Deer on Cardiac Functions of Rats with Heart Failure following Myocardial Infarction, Ming-Jing Shao, Shuo-Ren Wang, Ming-Jing Zhao, Xi-Ling Lv, Hao Xu, Lin Li, Huan Gu, Jiu-Liang Zhang, Ge Li, Xiang-Ning Cui, and Li Huang
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 825056, 5 pages
• Outcome Measures of Chinese Herbal Medicine for Coronary Heart Disease: An Overview of Systematic Reviews, Jing Luo and Hao Xu
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 927392, 9 pages
• Aquatic Exercise Is Effective in Improving Exercise Performance in Patients with Heart Failure and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Cider Åsa, Schaufelberger Maria, Stibrant Sunnerhagen Katharina, and Andersson Bert
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 349209, 8 pages
• Astragalus Injection for Hypertensive Renal Damage: A Systematic Review, Tian Sun, Hao Xu, and Fengqin Xu
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 929025, 6 pages
• A Systematic Review of Xuezhikang, an Extract from Red Yeast Rice, for Coronary Heart Disease Complicated by Dyslipidemia, Qinghua Shang, Zhaolan Liu, Keji Chen, Hao Xu, and Jianping Liu
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 636547, 18 pages
• In Silico Syndrome Prediction for Coronary Artery Disease in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Peng Lu, Jianxin Chen, Huihui Zhao, Yibo Gao, Liangtao Luo, Xiaohan Zuo, Qi Shi, Yiping Yang, Jianqiang Yi, and Wei Wang
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 142584, 11 pages
• Atherosclerosis: An Integrative East-West Medicine Perspective, Hao Xu, Dazhuo Shi, and Keji Chen
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 148413, 4 pages
• Sulfotanshinone Sodium Injection for Unstable Angina Pectoris: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials, Xuelan Qiu, Andrew Miles, Xuehua Jiang, Xin Sun, and Nan Yang
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 715790, 11 pages
• Natural Product Nitric Oxide Chemistry: New Activity of Old Medicines, Hong Jiang, Ashley C. Torregrossa, Deepa K. Parthasarathy, and Nathan S. Bryan
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 873210, 9 pages
• Traditional Chinese Herbal Products for Coronary Heart Disease: An Overview of Cochrane Reviews, Yu Qiu, Hao Xu, and Dazhuo Shi
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 417387, 5 pages
• Ethanolic Extract of Vitis thunbergii Exhibits Lipid Lowering Properties via Modulation of the AMPK-ACC Pathway in Hypercholesterolemic Rabbits, Chun-Hsu Pan, Chia-Hua Tsai, Wen-Hsin Lin, Guo-Yan Chen, and Chieh-Hsi Wu
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 436786, 10 pages
• Qiliqiangxin Affects L Type Current in the Normal and Hypertrophied Rat Heart, Yidong Wei, Xiaoyu Liu, Lei Hou, Wenliang Che, Erlinda The, and Muktanand Vikash Jhummon
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 131830, 4 pages
• Clinical and Epidemiological Investigation of TCM Syndromes of Patients with Coronary Heart Disease in China, Yi Ren, Minzhou Zhang, Keji Chen, Shijie You, Jianjun Li, Liheng Guo, and Lei Wang
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 714517, 5 pages
• A Study of Prognosis, Outcome, and Changing Tendency of Hospitalized AMI Patients in Beijing Third-Grade A-Level Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospitals from 1999 to 2008, Ju-Ju Shang, Hui Shi, Qi Zhou, Wei Gao, and Hong-xu Liu
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 837194, 6 pages
• Design and Methods for a Pilot Study of a Phone-Delivered, Mindfulness-Based Intervention in Patients with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators, Elena Salmoirago-Blotcher, James Carmody, Gloria Yeh, Sybil Crawford, Lawrence Rosenthal, and Ira Ockene
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 972106, 8 pages
• Refined Qingkailing Protects MCAO Mice from Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress-Induced Apoptosis with a Broad Time Window, Fafeng Cheng, Xianggen Zhong, Yi Lu, Xueqian Wang, Wenting Song, Shaoying Guo, Xiaotong Wang, Dantong Liu, and Qingguo Wang
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 567872, 12 pages
• Cardioprotective Effect of the Compound Yangshen Granule in Rat Models with Acute Myocardial Infarction, Xie Ming, Wang Tongshen, Wu Delin, and Zhao Ronghua
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 717123, 6 pages
• The Evaluation of Chinese Therapeutic Food for the Treatment of Moderate Dyslipidemia, Shu Sun, Hong Xu, and Lawrence Ngeh
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 508683, 10 pages
• Drug Target Prediction Based on the Herbs Components: The Study on the Multitargets Pharmacological Mechanism of Qishenkeli Acting on the Coronary Heart Disease, Yong Wang, Zhongyang Liu, Chun Li, Dong Li, Yulin Ouyang, Junda Yu, Shuzhen Guo, Fuchu He, and Wei Wang
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 698531, 10 pages
• Berberine Improves Insulin Sensitivity by Inhibiting Fat Store and Adjusting Adipokines Profile in Human Preadipocytes and Metabolic Syndrome Patients, Jing Yang, Jinhua Yin, Hongfei Gao, Linxin Xu, Yan Wang, Lu Xu, and Ming Li
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 363845, 9 pages
• Chinese Herb and Formulas for Promoting Blood Circulation and Removing Blood Stasis and Antiplatelet Therapies, Yue Liu, Hui-Jun Yin, Da-zhuo Shi, and Ke-ji Chen
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 184503, 8 pages
• Systematic Review of Chinese Herbal Medicines for Preventing in-Stent Coronary Restenosis after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Guo-Hua Zheng, Jian-Ping Liu, Nissi S. Wang, Hai-Ying Chen, and Jian-Feng Chu
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 253409, 19 pages
• In Vitro Assessment of Cytochrome P450 2C19 Potential of Naoxintong, Hui Chen, Ya Zhang, Xiaoying Wu, Candong Li, and Huan Wang
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 430262, 6 pages
• Tanshinone IIA: A Promising Natural Cardioprotective Agent, Qinghua Shang, Hao Xu, and Li Huang
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 716459, 7 pages
• Control Strategy on Hypertension in Chinese Medicine, Jie Wang and Xingjiang Xiong
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 284847, 6 pages