SynthesisJournal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan2024
Efficacy of electroacupuncture on myocardial protection and postoperative rehabilitation in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass: a systematic review and Meta-analysis.
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.
- Cardiac rehabilitation for elderly patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: a systematic review and Meta-Analysis.BMC surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Ciprofol Versus Propofol for Sedation in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis in a Chinese Population.Drug design, development and therapy · 2025Pooled it
- Electroacupuncture preconditioning alleviates myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury through reducing the inflammatory response mediated by the miR-146a/TRAF6/IRAK4 pathway.Iranian journal of basic medical sciences · 2026Article
- Global trend of review articles focused on cardiopulmonary bypass: Perspectives from bibliometrics.World journal of methodology · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the efficacy of electroacupuncture (EA) intervention on myocardial protection and postoperative rehabilitation in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB).
methodsEight databases, including PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Chinese BioMedical Literature Database, China National Knowledge Infrastructure Database, Wanfang Data, China Science and Technology Journal Database, and two clinical trial registries, were searched. All randomized controlled trials (RCTs) related to EA intervention in cardiac surgery with CPB were collected. Based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, two researchers independently screened articles and extracted data. After the quality evaluation, RevMan 5.3 software was used for analysis.
resultsFourteen RCTs involving 836 patients were included. Compared with the control treatment, EA significantly increased the incidence of cardiac automatic rebeat after aortic unclamping [relative risk (
conclusionsIn cardiac surgery with CPB, EA may be a safe and effective strategy to reduce myocardial ischaemia-reperfusion injury and speed up the recovery of patients after surgery. These findings must be interpreted with caution, as most of the evidence was of low or moderate quality. More RCTs with larger sample sizes and higher quality are needed to provide more convincing evidence.
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