Ruirui Kang, Chaofan Xu
(College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, North China University of Science and Technology)
Abstract:
Heart failure is not only the end stage of many cardiovascular diseases, but also the leading cause of death from cardiovascular diseases. The morbidity rate of heart failure is high. Promoting angiogenesis is one of the effective therapeutic methods in clinic. At present, most methods of Western medicine for the treatment of angiogenesis are in the experimental stage and have no definite clinical effect. Traditional Chinese drugs have made many research achievements in promoting angiogenesis, which can promoting angiogenesis in many ways to improve heart failure. This article reviews the promotion angiogenesis by traditional Chinese drugs through multiple signaling pathways, and provides reference for the clinical prevention and treatment of heart failure from the perspective ofangiogenesis.
Key Words:
heart failure; angiogenesis; traditional Chinese drugs; review