Publications by authors named "Chi-Dao Zhang"

Chinese patent medicines play a crucial role in the treatment of chronic pulmonary heart disease(CPHD). Nowadays, there is still a lack of comprehensive control over clinical research evidence in this field. This study aims to summarize the clinical research on the treatment of CPHD with Chinese patent medicines using an evidence map, in order to understand the current status and deficiencies of evidence in this area.

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Article Synopsis
  • A network meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of various Chinese patent medicines for treating chronic pulmonary heart disease, analyzing data from numerous databases including CNKI, PubMed, and Cochrane Library, up to December 2023.
  • The analysis included 95 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with a total of 8,787 patients and assessed multiple Chinese patent medicines, focusing on metrics like cardiac function, forced expiratory volume, and partial pressure of gases in the blood.
  • Top-performing treatments combined Chinese medicines with conventional western medicines, including Wenxin Granules, Tongxinluo Capsules, and Qishen Yiqi Dropping Pills for overall efficacy and improvements in respiratory function.
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The latent structure model and association rules analysis were employed to explore the compatibility rules of prescriptions for heart failure of dilated cardiomyopathy, with a view to providing theoretical support for the clinical treatment of this disease based on syndrome differentiation and the formulation of guidelines. The articles about the treatment of heart failure of dilated cardiomyopathy were retrieved from CNKI, Wanfang, VIP, and SinoMed. The database was established in Microsoft Excel 2019.

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An evidence map was established to comprehensively sort out the clinical research in the treatment of post-acute myocardial infarction heart failure(P-AMI-HF) with Chinese patent medicines, so as to reveal the distribution of evidence in this field. CNKI, Wanfang, VIP, SinoMed, PubMed, Cochrane Library, and EMbase were searched for the randomized controlled trial(RCT), systematic reviews/Meta-analysis, and guidelines/consensus in this field. The evidence was analyzed and displayed in the form of a combination of text, charts, bubble charts, and bar charts, and the quality of RCT, systematic reviews/Meta-analysis, and guidelines/consensus were evaluated by RoB 1.

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