SynthesisBMC public health2012
The use of complementary and alternative medicine by people with cardiovascular disease: a systematic review.
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44 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Targeting Retinol-Binding Protein 4 (RBP4) in the Management of Cardiometabolic Diseases.Cardiovascular toxicology · 2023Review
- Patient Dietary Supplements Use: Do Results from Natural Language Processing of Clinical Notes Agree with Survey Data?Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Drug-Drug and Drug-Dietary Supplement Interactions among Patients Admitted for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Greece.Pharmaceutics · 2021Article
- Wanted: long term studies on massage therapy in hypertension.Journal of human hypertension · 2020Article
- Global mapping of interventions to improve the quality of life of patients with cardiovascular diseases during 1990-2018.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2020Review
- Complementary and alternative medicine use in coronary heart disease patients: a cross-sectional study from Palestine.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2020Article
- Conventional and Complementary Healthcare Utilization Among US Adults With Cardiovascular Disease or Cardiovascular Risk Factors: A Nationally Representative Survey.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2020Article
- Integrating traditional Chinese medicines into professional community pharmacy practice in China - Key stakeholder perspectives.European journal of integrative medicine · 2020Article
- Concomitant Use of Herbal and Conventional Medicines among Patients with Diabetes Mellitus in Public Hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2020Article
- Herbal or traditional medicine consumption in a Thai worker population: pattern of use and therapeutic control in chronic diseases.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2019Article
- Nutraceuticals: Reviewing their Role in Chronic Disease Prevention and Management.Pharmaceutical medicine · 2019Review
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Abstract
backgroundComplementary and alternative medicine (CAM) may offer benefits as well as risks to people with cardiovascular disease. Understanding the prevalence and the nature of CAM use will encourage beneficial CAM therapies, prevent potential herb-drug interactions and foster communication between patients and physicians.
methodsA systematic search of eight bibliographic databases was conducted for studies that investigated CAM use in patients with cardiovascular diseases. Two independent reviewers selected relevant abstracts and evaluated the quality of included studies.
resultsTwenty-seven studies were included. Prevalence of CAM use in cardiac patients ranged from 4% - 61%. Biologically-based therapies usage ranged from 22% to 68%. Herbal medicines were used by between 2% and 46%. A large proportion of patients did not inform medical practitioners about their CAM use and up to 90% of treating physicians did not discuss CAM use with their patients.
conclusionsCAM use in patients with cardiovascular disease appears common. The findings suggest that the effects of CAM on medical management of cardiovascular disease may be overlooked and that patient-physician communication need to be strengthened.
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