Clinical Observation On Clearing Away Heat And Reducing Fire Treatment To Acute Carotid Artery Atherosclerotic

Objective: To observe the clinical effect of Carotid Artery Atherosclerotic plaque with the treatment of clearing away heat and reducing fire , discuss the activity and mechanism and provide scientific proof for its clinical application in anti-atherosclerosis and stabling vulnerable plaque, thus variety the content of Stroke Prevention.Methods: 43 cases of carotid atherosclerotic were divided into two groups, all of them had been treated with Atorvastatin Calcium Tablets and aspirin , 22 cases of them with heat-syndrome had been treated with clearing away heat and reducing fire medicine in addition, other 21 cases with homologous traditional Chinese medicine in addition. After 6 months, we observed the changes of IMT, IMTarea, IMT-length, and IMT-width of Carotid Artery, the grade of ultrasonic, and the level of TG, TCHOL, and LDL in blood serum.Results: Both of two combined treatments can improve clinical symptoms. The IMT, IMTarea of Carotid Artery Atherosclerotic plaque, the grade of ultrasonic, and the level of TG, TCHOL and LDL in blood serum had been significantly decreased in heat-syndrome group, yet not in the other group. But there was no remarkable difference between two groups.Conclusions: The treatment of clearing away heat and reducing fire combining with Atorvastatin Calcium Tablets and aspirin can efficaciously decrease the IMT, IMTarea of Carotid Artery Atherosclerotic plaque, and it has the obvious effect of anti-Atherosclerosis. And it is deserved to be spread and applied clinically.