PANG Yan,LIN Hao,LU Jianqi,et al.Clinical Efficacy of Qiangxin Decoction Combined with Baduanjin in Treatment of Elderly Patients with Chronic Heart Failure and Weakness[J].Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae,2023,29(04):104-109.
PANG Yan,LIN Hao,LU Jianqi,et al.Clinical Efficacy of Qiangxin Decoction Combined with Baduanjin in Treatment of Elderly Patients with Chronic Heart Failure and Weakness[J].Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae,2023,29(04):104-109. DOI: 10.13422/j.cnki.syfjx.20230497.
Clinical Efficacy of Qiangxin Decoction Combined with Baduanjin in Treatment of Elderly Patients with Chronic Heart Failure and Weakness
Chronic heart failure (CHF) is the terminal stage of cardiovascular disease. The adverse cardiovascular events of CHF patients with weakness have increased significantly. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has a good effect on CHF. However,there are few reports on the clinical observation of the treatment of CHF with weakness in elderly patients by TCM combined with conventional health-preserving exercises. This study aimed to explore the clinical efficacy of Qiangxin decoction combined with Baduanjin in the treatment of elderly patients with CHF and weakness.
Method
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Sixty CHF patients with Qi deficiency,blood stasis,and water retention syndrome admitted to the Cardiovascular Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine from January 2020 to December 2021 were enrolled. The patients in the control group were treated with conventional western medicine according to the guidelines,while those in the treatment group received additional Qiangxin decoction and Baduanjin exercise based on the therapeutic protocol of the control group. The levels of serum N-terminal B-type brain natriuretic peptide precursor (NT-proBNP),creatine kinase (CK),lactate dehydrogenase (LDH),free fatty acid (FFA),left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF),left ventricular end-diastolic dimension (LEVDD),6-minute walk distance (6MWD),Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ), and Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI) scores of the two groups were observed before and one month after treatment. At the same time,the re-admission within three months was compared between the two groups.
Result
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There was no significant difference between the two groups in terms of the general data and the therapeutic indexes before treatment. After treatment,the NT-proBNP,CK,LDH,FFA,LVEDD,MLHFQ, and TFI scores of the two groups were lower than those before treatment(
P
<
0.05,
P
<
0.01), and the LVEF and 6MWD were higher(
P
<
0.05,
P
<
0.01). The efficacy of the treatment group was superior to that of the control group after treatment (
P
<
0.05,
P
<
0.01). The re-admission rate within three months in the treatment group was 7.1% (2/28), lower than 30.8% (8/26) in the control group (
χ
2
=4.897,
P
<
0.05).
Conclusion
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Qiangxin decoction combined with Baduanjin is helpful to improve the body energy metabolism,heart function,quality of life,and weakness level of elderly CHF patients with weakness, and reduce the rate of re-admission.
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