ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2023
Effect of Proprietary Chinese Medicine on Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in Patients with Microvascular Angina: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Efficacy and safety of combining commercial Chinese polyherbal preparation with conventional medicine in the treatment of coronary microvascular disease: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Pooled it
- Systematic Review of Preclinical Studies on the Efficacy and Mechanisms of Herbal Medicines in Post-Myocardial Infarction Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Pooled it
- Liqi Huatan Huoxue Formula Rescued Myocardial Cell Apoptosis of Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction Rat by Inhibiting Endogenous Apoptosis Pathway.Iranian journal of biotechnology · 2026Article
- Navigating the Landscape of Coronary Microvascular Research: Trends, Triumphs, and Challenges Ahead.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Review
- Efficacy and safety of guanxinshutong capsule combined with western medicine on stable angina pectoris: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Review
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Background: Microvascular angina (MVA) has received increasing attention and interest in recent years, but there are still some shortcomings in the diagnosis and treatments at current stage. In recent years, several studies have confirmed the efficacy of proprietary Chinese medicines (PCMs) in improving MVA symptoms; however, there is no systematic review and meta-analysis to comprehensively assess the efficacy of PCMs in this area. Objective: Investigating the clinical efficacy of proprietary Chinese medicines for treating MVA and coronary microvascular function. Methods: We looked up articles from January 1, 2012, to the present from eight databases. Then, we screened the literature and followed the 2019 version 2 of Cochrane risk of bias tool for systematic review. The Stata/SE 15.0 software was used for the meta-analysis. Results: There are 21 studies, including 1,641 patients who were included in this review. According to the results, the combination of PCMs and conventional MVA treatment was able to further enhance clinical efficacy [RR = 1.28, 95% CI (1.20, 1.36), Conclusion: The study suggests that the combination of PCMs and conventional MVA treatment enhances clinical efficacy and could better improve coronary microvascular function. In the future, we expect more high-quality, randomized, double-blind clinical studies to validate the safety, and efficacy of PCMs to provide valuable evidence-based medicine (EBM) for the treatment of MVA with PCMs.
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