Treatment of Senile Viral Myocarditis with Yixin Decoction: A Fifty-four Cases Study
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4246.2009.02.019
- VernacularTitle:益心汤为主治疗老年病毒性心肌炎的临床观察
- Author:
Luncui LIU
;
Lin LU
;
Jifang GUO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Yixin decoction;
Senile viral myocarditis
- From:
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2009;31(2):130,132-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To observe the clinic effects of treating senile viral myocarditis with Yixin decoction plus western medicine. Methods A retrospective analysis was performed on 98 cases with senile viral myocarditis from March 2005 to September 2007 in our hospital. The 98 cases were randomly recruited into a control group with 44 cases and a treatment group with 54 cases. The treatment group was treated with Yinxin decoction plus conventional western medicine and the control group was treated with conventional western medicine exclusively. Results The total effective rate in the treatment group and the control group was 98.15% and 75% respectively. The difference between the two groups were significant (P<0.05). Conclusion Yixin decoction plus western medicine has good effects in treating senile viral myocarditis.
