Effect of Xuesai Tong on cardiac pulmonary artery pressure in pneumoconiosis patients with pulmonary heart disease evaluated by color Doppler ultrasonography

  Objective  To evaluate the effect of Xuesai Tong on pulmonary artery pressure of heart in pneumoconiosis patients with pulmonary heart disease evaluated by color Doppler ultrasound.

  Methods  Sixty pneumoconiosis patients with pulmonary heart disease were selected as study subjects, and were divided into Xuesai Tong group and routine group by random number table method, with 30 cases in each group. The routine group was treated with conventional symptomatic treatment. The Xuesai Tong group was treated with Xuesai Tong on the basis of the routine group. Both groups were treated continuously for 2 weeks. Pulmonary arterial systolic pressure (SPAP), hemorheological indicators, blood gas analysis, clinical efficacy, and adverse reactions were compared between the two groups before and after treatment.

  Results  The clinical treatment of Xuesai Tong group was higher, SPAP, whole blood viscosity(high shear, low shear), plasma viscosity, arterial blood carbon dioxide partial pressure were lower, and the arterial oxygen partial pressure was higher than that in the conventional group, and the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05).

  Conclusion  Color Doppler ultrasonography of pneumoconiosis patients with pulmonary disease treated with Xuesai Tong shows that Xuesai Tong can effectively improve the hemorheological index, SPAP and clinical symptoms.