Beneficial effect of Qili Qiangxin in the treatment of hypertensive cardiomyopathy
In our current study, QLQX significantly reduced gene expression and enzyme activity of local myocardial chymase in SHR, in addition to reducing local myocardial Ang II levels. However, the expression and activity of ACE in local cardiomyocytes did not change after QLQX treatment.