Clinical evidence of traditional Chinese medicine for the prevention and treatment of chronic heart failure - World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases

WJCD > Vol.3 No.1, March 2013

Clinical evidence of traditional Chinese medicine for the prevention and treatment of chronic heart failure ()

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DOI: 10.4236/wjcd.2013.31A024 6,026 Downloads 9,348 Views Citations

Author(s)

Shuo Zhang, Jiaying Wang, Hongcai Shang

Affiliation(s)

Evidence-Based Medicine Center of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.

ABSTRACT

Objective: To summarize clinical evidence of traditional Chinese medicine for the prevention and treatment of chronic heart failure systematically and comprehensively. Method：By retrieving in the database of VIP, WanFang, CNKI, PubMed, Cochrane Library, the qualifying results obtained in the databases above are summarized into the grading evidence including systematic reviews, randomized controlled trials, observational studies, case studies, basic research these five levels. Results: The numbers of the articles included are 12 systematic reviews, 413 randomized controlled trials, 68 observational studies, 15 case reports and 187 fundamental researches. Conclusion: It is concluded that basing on the clinical evidence of different levels, traditional Chinese medicine has prominent ability of preventing and treatment chronic heart failure.

KEYWORDS

Traditional Chinese Medicine; Chronic Heart Failure; Clinical Evidence

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Zhang, S. , Wang, J. and Shang, H. (2013) Clinical evidence of traditional Chinese medicine for the prevention and treatment of chronic heart failure. World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases, 3, 168-173. doi: 10.4236/wjcd.2013.31A024.

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