Key result
Complementary and alternative medicine use is prevalent among patients with cardiovascular disease and provides positive effects, with biologically-based and mind-body therapies being most common.
Why the study?
Does complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) improve cardiovascular risk factors and disease pathogenesis in patients with cardiovascular disease?
Does complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) improve cardiovascular risk factors and disease pathogenesis in patients with cardiovascular disease?
Complementary and alternative medicine is prevalent among CVD patients and may provide positive effects, though more rigorous research is needed to determine precise physiologic effects and long-term benefits.
CAM for CVD faces major research gaps; leaves open rigorous trials needed before any clinical role.
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) plays a significant role in many aspects of healthcare worldwide, including cardiovascular disease (CVD). This review describes some of the challenges of CAM in terms of scientific research. Biologically-based therapies, mind-body therapies, manipulative and body-based therapies, whole medical systems, and energy medicine are reviewed in detail with regard to cardiovascular risk factors and mediation or modulation of cardiovascular disease pathogenesis. CAM use among patients with CVD is prevalent and in many instances provides positive and significant effects, with biologically-based and mind-body therapies being the most commonly used treatment modalities. More rigorous research to determine the precise physiologic effects and long-term benefits on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality with CAM usage, as well as more open lines of communication between patients and physicians regarding CAM use, is essential when determining optimal treatment plans.
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Rabito et al. (2013) conducted a review in Cardiovascular disease. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) was evaluated. Complementary and alternative medicine use is prevalent among patients with cardiovascular disease and provides positive effects, with biologically-based and mind-body therapies being most common.
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