Why the study?
Does Huangqi injection added to conventional western medicine improve clinical effective rate and cardiac function in patients with chronic heart failure?
Population
16 RCTs pooling 1,273 patients diagnosed with chronic heart failure, 59.1% male, middle-age and elderly…
Comparison
Huangqi injection added to conventional western… vs Conventional western medicine alone.
Design
Meta-analysis, 1 RCT used random number table, 3 RCTs used order of…
Follow-up
within 30 days (mostly 14 to 15 days)
Authors
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Does Huangqi injection added to conventional western medicine improve clinical effective rate and cardiac function in patients with chronic heart failure?
Huangqi injection combined with conventional western medicine may improve short-term clinical symptoms and left ventricular ejection fraction in patients with chronic heart failure, though high-quality trials are needed to confirm long-term efficacy and safety.
Wang et al. (2017) studied this question.
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