Effect of Integrative Chinese and Western Medicine Therapy on Long-Term Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Heart Failure: A Real-World Study Including 394 Patients
Objective. To explore the effect of integrative Chinese and Western medicine therapy on the clinical outcomes of patients with heart failure. Methods. This is a retrospective cohort study in the real world. Patients were divided into "conventional therapy " and "integrative therapy " groups according to treatment modality. The occurrence of cardiovascular events (CVE) was determined during follow-up. Survival curves were plotted, and survival analysis was performed using Cox regression to report survival in both groups. Further subgroup tests were performed as sensitivity analyses. A Markov model was constructed to predict patients with distant heart failure conditions based on real follow-up data. Results. Based on diagnostic criteria, 394 patients with heart failure were included. The integrative therapy group had (N = 181) older patients (P=0.005), higher proportion of renal insufficiency (P < 0.001), higher creatinine (P=0.040), hypersensitive C-reactive protein (P=0.007), N-terminal pro-B type natriuretic peptide (P=0.019) levels, more patients in cardiac function class IV (P=0.004), and longer hospital days (P=0.003) than the conventional therapy group (N = 213). Survival was better in the integrative therapy group than in the conventional therapy group (log-rank P < 0.001). Multifactorial Cox regression identified "conventional therapy " or "integrative therapy " as an independent factor affecting the risk of CVE in patients with heart failure, with the risk of CVE being lower in the integrative therapy group (HR = 0.322, 95% CI = 0.185-0.561). A subgroup analysis found no significant association between therapy modality and risk of CVE in older patients (age >= 65 years, P=0.210) and those who had renal insufficiency (P=0.062). The Markov model predicted better cardiac function in the integrative therapy group than in the conventional therapy group at all time points (all P < 0.001). Conclusion. In patients with heart failure, integrative therapy of Chinese and Western medicine had better long-term outcomes than conventional therapy. However, patients with advanced age and renal insufficiency had no significant advantage. Trials Registration. This trial is registered with China Clinical Trials Registry, , registered 8 September 2021, .
基金:
Department of Integrative Cardiology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital; Elite Medical Professionals Project of China-Japan Friendship Hospital [ZRJY2021-TD03]
第一作者单位:[1]Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Wang Zihan,Zhang Jin,Zhang Gaoyu,et al.Effect of Integrative Chinese and Western Medicine Therapy on Long-Term Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Heart Failure: A Real-World Study Including 394 Patients[J].EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE.2022,2022:doi:10.1155/2022/2001397.
APA:
Wang, Zihan,Zhang, Jin,Zhang, Gaoyu,Lan, Tianyi,Sun, Ziyi...&Li, Lin.(2022).Effect of Integrative Chinese and Western Medicine Therapy on Long-Term Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Heart Failure: A Real-World Study Including 394 Patients.EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE,2022,
MLA:
Wang, Zihan,et al."Effect of Integrative Chinese and Western Medicine Therapy on Long-Term Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Heart Failure: A Real-World Study Including 394 Patients".EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2022.(2022)