The Research Perspectives of Chinese Medicine for the Apoptosis of Cardiac Muscle Cells and Myocardial Infarction

The apoptosis of cardiac muscle cells refers to an initiative and sequencing cell death process that is controlled by a series of genes,and in fact it is a kind of physi-ological cell death. The apoptosis of cardiac muscle cells always happened in many physiological and pathological changing process of cardiovascular system. It is the main cytological foundation to occur many kinds of cardiovascular disease especially myocardial infarction. The restraining and reduction of the apoptosis of cardiac muscle cells can reflect the recovery of heart function and reconstitution of cardiac ventricle after the myocardial infarction. Thus,it is the mail research item for judging the effect of the medicine and the recovery of the heart fucition. This article reviewed the physiology and pathology significance and affecting factors of the apoptosis of cardiac muscle cells and the research of Chinese medicine for the intervention study.