JU Chunxiao 1,2 , ZHANG Yao 1,2 , SHI Yue 1,2 , CHENG Bairu 1 , JIA Zijun 1,2 , WANG Biqing 1,2 , ZHANG Yan 2,3 , LIU Lu 1,2 , ZHAO Junnan 2,4 , MEI Jun 2,4 , LIU Yue 2,5 , XU Fengqin 2,4
  • 1. Graduate School, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, P.R.China;
  • 2. Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100091, P.R.China;
  • 3. Graduate School, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, P.R.China;
  • 4. Institute of Gerontology, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100091, P.R.China;
  • 5. National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Cardiology, Beijing 100091, P.R.China;
LIU Yue, Email: liuyue@188.com; XU Fengqin, Email: 18800021979@163.com
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Objective To retrieve and summarize the clinical studies on traditional Chinese medicine for heart failure prevention and treatment and to observe the distribution of evidence in the field of heart failure by using the method of evidence map.Methods PubMed, Web of Science, EMbase, CNKI, WanFang Data and VIP databases were searched from January 2000 to January 2020. Clinical studies, systematic reviews, guidelines, and clinical pathways related to traditional Chinese medicine for heart failure prevention and treatment were included, and the distribution characteristics of evidence were analyzed by using charts and text descriptions.Results A total of 8 580 papers were included, including 8 398 clinical studies (6 821 randomized controlled trials, 1 109 non-randomized controlled trials and 468 observational studies), 160 systematic reviews, and 22 guidelines, expert consensus and pathway studies. The number of clinical studies domestically and abroad showed an overall growth trend. The sample size was concentrated in 60- 100 cases. Coronary atherosclerotic heart disease was the most common comorbidity of heart failure. AMSTAR scores of systematic reviews were primarily 4 to 8. The results of high-quality randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews showed that traditional Chinese medicine combined with conventional Western medicine in the treatment of heart failure had certain advantages in improving heart function, quality of life and prognosis.Conclusions High-quality clinical studies show that traditional Chinese medicine has certain advantages in the efficacy and safety of heart failure prevention and treatment; however, few studies have high methodological quality. In the future, multi-center, large sample size, and high methodological quality clinical studies are needed to further explore the efficacy and safety of traditional Chinese medicine therapy in the field of heart failure.

Citation: JU Chunxiao, ZHANG Yao, SHI Yue, CHENG Bairu, JIA Zijun, WANG Biqing, ZHANG Yan, LIU Lu, ZHAO Junnan, MEI Jun, LIU Yue, XU Fengqin. Clinical study on traditional Chinese medicine for heart failure prevention and treatment: an evidence map. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2021, 21(8): 964-972. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.202103100 Copy

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