[Relation of the patterns of syndrome differentiation and features of coronary and left ventricular angiocardiography in coronary heart disease].

From 1986-1988, 43 CHD patients were analyzed on the relationship between the patterns of syndrome differentiation and the features of coronary and left ventricular angiocardiography. There were 17/18 cases (94.41%) with fixed stenotic lesions of coronary arteries in the pattern of blood stasis; 1/18 cases (5.5%) had coronary spasm; none was normal. The cases with blood stasis pattern were mostly of old myocardial infarction, effort angina and effort coexisting with spontaneous angina. They complained a fixed squeezing substernal pain provoked by physical exertion. In 14/25 cases (56%) of syndrome differentiation with Qi deficiency and Qi stagnation, the coronary arteries were normal. 3/25 cases (12%) had coronary arterial spasm and 8/25 cases (32%) had stenotic lesions in coronary artery. The cases of Qi deficiency and Qi stagnation were mostly of spontaneous and atypical angina. They complained precordial distress or pain with undefinite location associated with shortness of breath and fatigue. The distress was relieved by a deep breath. Abnormal ejection fraction was seen mostly in the pattern of Qi symptoms and signs but less in the pattern of blood stasis (P less than 0.002). There was no significant difference in platelet aggregation test and echocardiogram between the two patterns.