SynthesisChinese journal of integrative medicine2018
Conventional Acupuncture for Cardiac Arrhythmia: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.
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Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy and safety of acupuncture for arrythmias: an overview of systematic reviews and Meta-analyses.Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan · 2025Pooled it
- Acupuncture for premature ventricular complexes without ischemic or structural heart diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical and pre-clinical evidence.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of Acupuncture on Cardiac Remodeling in Patients with Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: Results of a Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Patient- and Assessor-Blinded Pilot Trial and Its Implications for Future Research.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Trial
- Neuro- and immuno-modulation mediated by the cardiac sympathetic nerve: a novel insight into the anti-ischemic efficacy of acupuncture.Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan · 2024Review
- A Comprehensive Analysis of Conventional Acupuncture and Pharmacological Approaches for Cardiac Arrhythmias: An Umbrella Review.The Journal of innovations in cardiac rhythm management · 2024Review
- Acupuncture at Neiguan suppresses PVCs occurring post-myocardial infarction by alleviating inflammation and fibrosis.Chinese medicine · 2022Article
- Acupuncture as an adjunctive therapy for arrhythmia: a Delphi expert consensus survey.Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy · 2021Article
- Cardioversion of Atrial Fibrillation with Acupuncture.Medical acupuncture · 2021Article
- Acupuncture Anesthesia for Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation in Treatment of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: A Case Report.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2021Article
- Systematic Review on Acupuncture for Treatment of Dysphagia after Stroke.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2017Review
- Spotlight on acupuncture in laboratory animal medicine.Veterinary medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2017Review
- Effect of Acupressure on Pain Severity and Vital Signs in Coronary Artery Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.SAGE open nursingReview
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11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveTo exam the effect and safety of conventional acupuncture (CA) on cardiac arrhythmia.
methodsNine medical databases were searched until February 2016 for randomized controlled trials. Heterogeneity was measured by Cochran Q test. Meta-analysis was conducted if I
resultsNine qualified studies involving 638 patients were included. Only 1 study had definitely low risk of bias, while 7 trials were rated as unclear and 1 as high. Meta-analysis of CA alone did not have a significant benefit on response rate compared to amiodarone in patients with atrial fibrillation (Af) and atrial flutter (AF) [relative risk (RR): 1.09; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.79-1.49; P=0.61; I
conclusionsCA may be a useful and safe alternative or additive approach to AADs for cardiac arrhythmia, especially in VPB and Af patients, which mainly based on a pooled estimate and result from 1 study with higher methodological quality. However, we could not reach a robust conclusion due to low quality of overall evidence.
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