Cardiology Department I

Department of Cardiology I of the Affiliated Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xinjiang Medical University, is a “National Key Clinical Specialty” designated by the National Health Commission, a “Regional Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis and Treatment Center” and a “Key Discipline of Traditional Chinese Medicine Cardiology” designated by the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and a key specialty during the “10th, 11th, and 12th Five-Year Plans”; it is the China Heart Failure Center and Demonstration Base, the Xinjiang Branch of the National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Cardiovascular Diseases, and the National Clinical Trial Base for Cardiovascular Diseases of New Chinese Medicines; it is the deputy-lead institution of the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine Cardiovascular Disease Collaboration Group, the deputy-lead institution of its Coronary Heart Disease Subgroup, and the lead institution of its Hyperlipidemia Subgroup; it is the National Hypertension Health Education and Training Base and a National Quality Nursing Unit. Department of Cardiology I currently has 60 beds, with average bed utilization consistently exceeding 120%, nearly 20,000 outpatient visits per year, and more than 3 thousand patients admitted annually; the department has received the hospital’s Advanced Department designation for many consecutive years. Department of Cardiology I has inherited the advantages and distinctive features of our hospital’s cardiovascular department in treating cardiovascular diseases with integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine; it has distinctive clinical diagnostic and treatment characteristics and advantages in the integrated treatment of cardiovascular diseases with traditional Chinese and Western medicine, as well as a profound historical foundation. It enjoys a good academic reputation among peers and patients both within and outside Xinjiang. The academic team of Department of Cardiology I consists of nationally renowned senior traditional Chinese medicine experts and young and middle-aged backbone experts with doctoral and master’s degrees in cardiovascular medicine; our hospital’s Chief Expert, Professor Shen Baofan, a National Master of Chinese Medicine, Professor Zhou Mingxin, a National Famous TCM Physician, and Directors Xu Lishu and Wang Xiaofeng of the Heart Center conduct ward rounds and provide guidance from both the Chinese and Western medical perspectives. Department Director: Li Peng, Chief Physician (Professor, doctoral supervisor); Department of Cardiology I currently has 21 professional and technical staff members, including 10 physicians and 11 nurses; among them are 1 National Outstanding TCM Clinical Talent and 4 academic lineage successors of famous senior TCM physicians; 1 doctoral supervisor and 3 master’s supervisors; 1 doctoral degree holder and 9 master’s degree holders; 3 chief physicians, 3 associate chief physicians, 3 attending physicians, and 1 resident physician. For common diseases of the cardiovascular system, including coronary heart disease, arrhythmias, chronic heart failure, hypertension, myocarditis, cardiomyopathy, and hyperlipidemia, Department of Cardiology I uses integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine, highlights the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine, and integrates modern medical technologies; it provides comprehensive rescue treatment for acute and critical conditions, including acute coronary syndrome, acute myocardial infarction, acute left heart failure, hypertensive crisis, hypertensive encephalopathy, severe arrhythmias, and cardiogenic shock. The department has a first-rate cardiac catheterization laboratory in China, a CIC electrocardiographic monitoring system, and a green channel for chest pain associated with coronary heart disease; critically ill and complex patients account for more than 85% of admitted patients. The modern medical technologies already implemented cover all cardiovascular-related interventional procedures, meeting the needs of various cardiac interventional treatments and enabling effective interventional treatment of coronary heart disease and rescue treatment of critical conditions. Department of Cardiology I has distinctive characteristics and advantages in the integrated clinical diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases with traditional Chinese and Western medicine; the rates of TCM treatment, Chinese herbal medicine use, and treatment with external TCM therapies are all above 90%, and the department enjoys a high academic reputation among peers and patients both within and outside Xinjiang. Department of Cardiology I continuously summarizes the academic experience of famous senior experts and conducts in-depth clinical research on the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases with traditional Chinese medicine; it took the lead in formulating integrated Chinese-Western diagnostic and treatment standards for the main diseases of the cardiovascular specialty, including coronary heart disease, chronic heart failure, hypertension, arrhythmias, and hyperlipidemia. Clinical syndrome-differentiation-based application of our hospital’s distinctive in-house preparations, including Tianxiangdan Granules, the Maitong Tablet series, and Qihong Powder, has achieved good clinical efficacy. The department also carries out various characteristic TCM diagnostic and treatment techniques, as well as research on integrated Chinese-Western comprehensive rehabilitation for chronic heart failure and after coronary artery bypass grafting, and on TCM interventions for restenosis after coronary revascularization. It has conducted research on syndrome types and manifestations, treatment principles, methods, formulas and medicinals, and diagnostic and treatment standards for cardiovascular diseases with a high incidence under Xinjiang’s special geographic conditions; a research direction with distinctive characteristics and regional advantages has been established and has received high recognition from experts in the field nationwide. Department of Cardiology I has received more than 10 national- and provincial/ministerial-level achievement awards, undertaken more than 50 national- and provincial/ministerial-level research projects, and led more than 20 multicenter clinical studies; it has hosted or organized more than 20 international or national academic conferences and continuing education programs. It has served as chief editor or contributor for more than 10 books and has published more than 300 papers. 3 databases have been established for the Heart Failure Center, Atrial Fibrillation Center, and Chest Pain Center, and sample repositories have been established for cardiovascular aging, post-PCI, coronary heart disease with the TCM pattern of turbid phlegm obstruction, and serum or urine samples from patients with hypertension, among others.