Visual analysis onstudy hot spots and trends in treatment of atrial fibrillation with traditional Chinese medicine based on CiteSpace knowledge graph
Cheng Xiaozhen
Wang Yunhan
Chen Xingjuan
Wu Yiru
Niu Yueyue
Li Hongping
Feng Ling
Abstract：Objective To investigate the study hot spots and development trends in treatment of atrial fibrillation(AF)with traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)based onbibliometrics.Methods The databases of CNK1,VIP,WanFang Data and CBM were retrieved for collecting the literatures related to AF treatment with TCM from Jan.1,1993 to July 20,2023.All literatures were imported to NoteExpressin a Refworks format.After merging and overkilling,the authors,institutes and keywordswere given a visual analysisby using CiteSpace 6.2.R4.Results A total of 2071 literatures were included in this study,and the annual number of published papers showed an increasing trend.The researchers represented by Hu Yuanhui,Liu Qiang and Zhang Yan had the largest cooperation scale.In research institutes,the cooperation was the most close among Beijing University of Chinese Medicine,China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences,Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicineand other universities or hospitals with the largest cooperation network.The high-frequency keywords were arrhythmia,TCM syndrome types and clinical efficacy,and the most central keyword was clinical observation.There were 10 cluster labels formed after cluster analysis,and 15 emergent wordsformed in emergence map.The study hotspots involved TCM syndrome type,clinical efficacy,etiology,TCM and Western medicine treatments,risk factors,complications,long-term prognosis and research types.Conclusion The number of published papers on AF treatment with TCM has increased year by year,but there is no significant core author group formed,and the cooperation between researches and institutes is not very close.The research types are mainly clinical researches,theoretical discussions,reviews and data mining,while large-sample clinical randomized controlled trials and in-depth basic research are deficiency.Data mining,heart function,inflammation and mechanism of actionwill become new trends in future researches.
Keywords：Atrial fibrillationTraditional Chinese medicineCiteSpaceStudy hot spots
Publication Date：2024-08-28
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：7( 905-911 )