简介：SincePresidentObamaannouncedthePrecisionMedicineInitiativeintheUnitedStates,moreandmoreattentionhasbeenpaidtoprecisionmedicine.However,clinicianshavealreadyusedittotreatconditionssuchascancer.Manycardiovasculardiseaseshaveafamilialpresentation,andgeneticvariantsareassociatedwiththeprevention,diagnosis,andtreatmentofcardiovasculardiseases,whicharethebasisforprovidingprecisecaretopatientswithcardiovasculardiseases.Large-scalecohortsandmultiomicsarecriticalcomponentsofprecisionmedicine.Herewesummarizetheapplicationofprecisionmedicinetocardiovasculardiseasesbasedoncohortandomicstudies,andhopetoelicitdiscussionaboutfuturehealthcare.

简介：Somehavesuggestedtheterm“Precision”medicinereplace“Personalized”medicine.Idon’tlikeeithertermandI’lltellyouwhy.WhatisPrecision?ThewordPrecisioncanbedefinedsimplyasreproducibilityanddoesnotnecessarilymeanthatthediagnosisisaccurate.Thus,ifthemedicaldecisionisprecisebutnotnecessarilyaccurateitisnotveryuseful.Accuracyisdefinedasbeingneartothetrueordesiredvalue.e.g.consideratargetonariflerange;iftheshotshaveatightgroupinganywhereonthetarget,theyareprecisebuttheyareonlypreciseandaccurateifthattightgroupingisintheBull’seye.

简介：Somediseasesotherthancardiacdiseasecanbe“prevented”,butthepurposeofthiscommunicationwrittenbyaclinicalcardiologist,notasapreventionspecialist,istofocusstrictlyoncardiovasculardisease.Thedefinitionofpreventivemedicineinsimplesttermsmeanskeepingyourpatienthealthy.Inadditiontomaintaininghealth,ofcourse,wewanttopreventthedisabilityassociatedwithcardiacdiseaseaswellasdeathintheyoungerperson.

简介：AreviewarticlebyHaoetal.(JAmCollCardiol2017;69(24):2952–66)hashadhugerepercussionsamongthosefamiliarwithtraditionalChinesemedicine(TCM)intheinternationalacademiccommunity.ItevaluatedtheefficacyandsafetyofTCMforcardiovasculardiseaseandthepharmacologicaleffectofactiveTCMingredientsonthecardiovascularsystemandpotentialmechanisms.Wehaveseveralcomments:Firstly,wegiveabriefsummaryaddressingnonpharmacotherapyinTCM,includingacupuncture,moxibustion,Qigong,andTaiChi.Secondly,wehaveaddedtraditionalantiarrhythmicdrug–relatedrandomizedcontrolledtrialstomakethecoveragemorecomprehensive.Lastly,wesupporttheconceptthatresearchinto,developmentof,andapplicationofactiveingredientsispartofmodernTCM.

简介：Complicationsaremorefrequentinelderlypatientswithcoronaryheartdisease(CHD),suchasimpairedglucosetoleranceandconstipations.Itisalwaysdifficulttocurethesecomplicationsinclinicalpractice.Inthiscasewehadsuccessfullycuredaneighty-threeyearsoldmanwithCHDcomplicatingimpairedglucosetoleranceandconstipationbyintegratedChinese-Westernmedicine.