Why the study?
Does traditional Chinese medicine improve clinical outcomes and cardiac function in patients with refractory heart failure?
Does traditional Chinese medicine improve clinical outcomes and cardiac function in patients with refractory heart failure?
Traditional Chinese medicine, when added to conventional therapy, may offer clinical benefits for patients with refractory heart failure by improving symptoms, cardiac function, and underlying pathophysiological mechanisms.
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May support adjunctive TCM exploration in refractory HF; leaves open need for rigorous RCTs before practice change.
Guo et al. (2024) studied this question.
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