Abstract:Objective To explore the clinical effect of integration of traditional Chinese and Western medicine in the treatment of chronic congestive heart failure (CHF).Methods Sixty-six patients with chronic CHF from March to June in 2015 in our hospital were divided into rehabilitation group and control group by a random number table.In the control group,conventional western medicine was provided,while in the rehabilitation group,on the basis of the conventional western medicine,acupuncture and moxibustion,and rehabilitation exercise recipe were added.They were treated for 3 consecutive weeks in both groups.Outcomes of left ventricular ejection fraction(LVEF),level of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP),6-min walk test(6M WT),MET and MLHFQ before and after treatment were comparatively analyzed.Results After therapy,cardiac function indexes,6M WT and MLHFQ were all greatly improved in the two groups(P<0.05),and the improvement degrees in the rehabilitation group was superior to that in the control group(P<0.05).Conclusion Integration of traditional Chinese and western medicine plays a positive significance on prognosis in patients with chronic CHF,and can improve patients′exercise tolerance,quality of life as well as indexes of cardiac function.
马金;张艳. 中西医结合治疗慢性充血性心力衰竭的临床效果[J]. 中国当代医药, 2016, 23(17): 152-154.
MA Jin;ZHANG Yan. Clinical effect of integration of traditional Chinese and Western medicine in the treatment of chronic congestive heart failure. 中国当代医药, 2016, 23(17): 152-154.