Effects o fQ iangxin D ecoction on Exercise To lerance in Pa tients w ith Chronic Heart Fa ilure
Abstract:O bjective To investiga te the effects o fQ iangxin decoction(QXD) on exercise to lerance in pa tients w ith chronic heart fa ilure(CHF). M e thods O ne hundred and fifty pa tients w ith CHF w ere random ly divided into tw o g roups :C ontro l g roup trea ted by routine treatment,and treatment g roup trea ted by routine treatment plus QXD fo r 14 days. The exercise to lerance w as assessed by six m inute w a lk test( 6 MW T). The param e ter changes o f echocardiog raphy w as assessed. Results The total clinical effective rate w as 93.3% in treatment g roup,w hich w as significantly higher than tha t in controlgroup(81.3% ,P < 0.05). After treatment,six m i-nute w a lking distance and the left ventricular e jection fraction(LVEF) in treatment group w as better than that in controlgroup( P < 0.05). C onclusion QXD and routine treatment could im prove the exercise to lerance in pa tients w ith CHF.
Keywords:chronicheartfailureQiangxindecoctionintegrativemedicineexercise tolerance
Publication Date:2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date:2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages:3( 1291-1293 )