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ArticleMedicine2017

Chinese herbal medicine for patients with atrial fibrillation: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Xiaoli Cai, Yuanping Wang, Ziqing Li, Yu Zhang, Dawei Wang, Xia Yan

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Article in Medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Network Pharmacology and Pharmacological Mechanism of CV-3 in Atrial Fibrillation.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiaoli CaiGuangzhou University of Chinese Medicine The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research on Emergency in TCM, Guangzhou, China.
Yuanping Wang
Ziqing Li
Yu Zhang
Dawei Wang
Xia Yan
Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAtrial fibrillation (AF) is the most clinically common cardiac arrhythmia. Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) has been widely applied in the treatment of AF, However, to our knowledge, there has been no systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trails (RCTs) regarding the effectiveness of this treatment. Therefore, we provide a protocol to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of CHM for AF.

methodsThe databases reviewed to collect RCTs related to CHM treatment for AF will be as follows: 3 English literature databases, which are PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Library, and 3 Chinese literature databases, which are CBM, CNKI, and Wanfang. The data collection in the above-mentioned databases will be from the time when the respective databases were established to December 2017. The maintenance of sinus rhythm and p-wave dispersion will be accepted as the primary outcomes. Quality of life (QOL), such as QOL scale embolic events, bleeding events, and symptom improvement (such as chest distress, palpitations, etc) will be measured as secondary outcomes. Two reviewers will independently screen the titles, abstracts, or even full texts, and extract data. Methodological quality will be evaluated according to the Cochrane risk of bias. All analyses will be applied by RevMan (version 5.3).

resultsThe results of study will be disseminated via both international conference and peer-review journal.

conclusionThe conclusion of our systematic review will provide evidence to judge whether CHM is an effective intervention for patient with AF.

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Atrial FibrillationDrugs, Chinese HerbalHumansMeta-Analysis as TopicResearch DesignSystematic Reviews as TopicDrugs, Chinese Herbal

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PMID29390351
PMCPMC5815763
OpenAlexW2771541182

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