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The effect of acupuncture on plasma endothelin content in cerebral infarction patients--a clinical study
Baocun Yang1, Caixia Zhang, Geli Feng
1First Hospital Affiliated to Medical College of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, Shaanxi Province, PR China.
Objective:
To observe the effect of acupuncture on content of plasma endothelin in cerebral infarction patients.
Methods:
The plasma endothelin content in cerebral infarction patients was observed before and after acupuncture, which was compared with that of the medication group and the healthy subjects.
Results:
Before treatment, the content of plasma endothelin in cerebral infarction patients was significantly higher than that of the healthy subjects (P<0.01); after acupuncture treatment, the content greatly decreased (P<0.01), and there was a statistically significant difference between the acupuncture group and the medication group (P<0.05).
Conclusion:
Acupuncture may decrease the content of plasma endothelin in the cerebral infarction patients, improve the vascular elasticity, and improve the cerebral circulation of blood.
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