Heart Valve Diseases https://greenmedinfo.com/taxonomy/term/2414/all en Electroacupuncture pretreatment may alleviate cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury in adult patients undergoing heart valve replacements. https://greenmedinfo.com/article/electroacupuncture-pretreatment-may-alleviate-cardiac-ischemia-reperfusion-inj PMID:  Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Mar;89(3):781-786. PMID: 20172127 Abstract Title:  Cardioprotective effects of electroacupuncture pretreatment on patients undergoing heart valve replacement surgery: a randomized controlled trial. Abstract:  BACKGROUND: Cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury after cardiopulmonary bypass contributes to postoperative morbidity and mortality in patients with open-heart surgery. This randomized controlled trial was designed to address the protective effects of electroacupuncture (EA) pretreatment on myocardial injury in patients undergoing heart valve replacement surgery. METHODS: Sixty patients with acquired heart valve disease were randomly allocated to the EA pretreatment group or the control group. Patients in the EA group received EA stimulus at bilateral Neiguan (PC 6), Lieque (LU 7), and Yunmen (LU 2) for 30 minutes each day for five consecutive days before surgery. Hemodynamic data, mechanical ventilation time, inotropic drug use in the intensive care unit, serum cardiac troponin I concentrations, morbidities, and mortalities were compared between the two groups. This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT00732459. RESULTS: At 6 hours, 12 hours, and 24 hours after reperfusion, levels of serum cardiac troponin I were significantly decreased in the EA group (5.74 +/- 0.67, 6.22 +/- 0.66, and 5.21 +/- 0.58) compared with that in the control group (7.89 +/- 0.74, 8.34 +/- 1.08, and 7.57 +/- 0.89, p https://greenmedinfo.com/article/electroacupuncture-pretreatment-may-alleviate-cardiac-ischemia-reperfusion-inj#comments Heart Valve Diseases Surgery: Heart Electroacupuncture Human Study Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:55:54 +0000 greenmedinfo 52892 at https://greenmedinfo.com Valvular Heart Diseases https://greenmedinfo.com/disease/valvular-heart-diseases <div class="field field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_image" width="450" height="450" alt="" src="//cdn.greenmedinfo.com/sites/default/files/HeartValves_6.jpg?1488918912" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-copyright"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Copyright: &lt;a href=&#039;http://www.123rf.com/profile_designua&#039;&gt;designua / 123RF Stock Photo&lt;/a&gt; </div> </div> </div> <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-facebook-like-info"><legend>Facebook Like Info</legend><div class="field field-facebook-total-count"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> Heart Valve Diseases Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:28:13 +0000 greenmedinfo 22508 at https://greenmedinfo.com