Clinical study of xiongshao capsule in preventing restenosis after coronary interventional treatment

Objective: To evaluate the effect of Xiongshao Capsule in preventing clinical and angiographic restenosis after coronary angioplasty or/and stenting. Methods: The total of 108 coronary heart disease patients with successful coronary angioplasty or/and stenting were randomly divided into the control group (55 cases, routine treatment) and the XS group (53 cases, routine treatment combined with XS). The recurrence of angina, clinical end-point events, changing of blood-stasis syndrome score (BSSS) and coronary angiography within 6 month after coronary angioplasty or/and stenting were observed. Results: Follow-up angiography was performed in 42 patients including 18 cases in the XS group (restenosis was observed in 7 patients) and 24 cases in the control group (restenosis was observed in 17 patients), there was significant difference between the occurrence of restenosis in XS and that in control group (P< 0.05). The occurrence of clinical end-point events (death, nonfatal target lesion myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass graft surgery, or repeat target-vessel angioplasty) in the XS group (18.8%) was significantly lower than that in the control group (40%)(P<0.05). The recurrent angina was observed in 13 cases in the XS group, there was significant difference as compared with 27 cases in the control group (P<0.05). There was also remarkable significance for the difference of base-line and follow-up BSSS between groups (P< 0. 01). Logistic multivariate stepwise regress analysis and multivariate regress analysis of the related factors with restenosis confirmed by coronary angiography showed that, the base-line BSSS and the difference of base-line and follow-up BSSS were important influencing factors on the occurrence of restenosis after interventional treatment (P< 0.05). Conclusion: XS could markedly reduce the occurrence of angiographic restenosis, clinical end-point events and recurrent angina, improve condition of blood-stasis after coronary angioplasty or/and stenting. The severity of blood-stasis syndrome was an important influencing factor on the occurrence of restenosis. It still needs to be further demonstrated by large-scale, double-blinded, randomized and controlled study.