Clinical Study onYang Xin Huo XueNeedling Method plus Western Medication for Chronic Heart Failure Due to Coronary Heart Disease
10.13460/j.issn.1005-0957.2017.06.0676
- VernacularTitle:养心活血针法联合西药治疗冠心病致慢性心衰临床研究
- Author:
Wei GAO
- Keywords:
Acupuncture;
Coronary artery disease;
Yang Xin Huo Xueneedling method;
Heart failure;
Acupuncture medication combined
- From:
Shanghai Journal of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
2017;36(6):676-678
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of Yang Xin Huo Xue(nourishing the heart and activating blood flow) needling method plus Western medication in treating chronic heart failure due to coronary heart disease (CHD).Method Eighty patients with CHD-induced chronic heart failure were randomized into a treatment group and a control group, to respectively receiveYang Xin Huo Xueneedling method plus Western medicationor Western medication alone for intervention. The heart function was estimated and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) was detected before and after the intervention in both groups, and the change of heart function was observed.Result Yang Xin Huo Xueneedling method plus Western medication achieved a satisfactory therapeutic efficacy in treating chronic heart failure, and its total effective rate was significantly different from the rate in the control group (P<0.05); compared with the control group, the BNP value declined more significantly in the treatment group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05).Conclusion Yang Xin Huo Xueneedling method plus Western medication can produce a satisfactory efficacy in treating CHD-induced chronicheart failure.
