Effect of blood activating water relieving method on heart functions and serum levels of NT-proBNP in patients with heart failure with normal ejection fraction

• Published in: Zhongguo Zhong xi yi jie he za zhi Vol. 34; no. 2; p. 146
• Main Authors: Zou, Guo-Liang, Zhong, Wei-Li, Sui, Yan-Bo, Jin, Juan, Liu, Li
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: China 01.02.2014
• Subjects: Aged; Female; Heart Failure - blood; Heart Failure - drug therapy; Heart Failure - physiopathology; Humans; Male; Medicine, Chinese Traditional - methods; Middle Aged; Natriuretic Peptide, Brain - blood; Peptide Fragments - blood; Stroke Volume
• ISSN: 1003-5370

To study the effect of blood activating water relieving method (BAWRM) on heart functions and serum levels of NT-proBNP in patients with heart failure with normal ejection fraction (HFNEF). Sixty-four HFNEF patients were admitted to our hospital during January 2011 to June 2012. They were randomly assigned to the treatment group (32 cases) and the control group (32 cases). Patients in the control group received routine Western medical treatment, while those in the treatment group additionally took Chinese medical recipes for activating blood circulation and relieving water retention. Changes of Chinese medical syndromes, E/E', serum NT-proBNP contents were observed between the two groups. Compared with before treatment, their Chinese medical syndromes and E/E' were significantly improved, and serum NT-proBNP contents decreased in the two groups (P < 0.05). Compared with the control group, Chinese medical syndromes, E/E', serum NT-proBNP contents obviously decreased in the treatment group, showing statistical