Traditional Chinese Medicine and heart disease: What does Western medicine and nursing science know about it?

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 171-181

  Davidson, Patricia ^a,b   Hancock, Karen ^a   Leung, Dominic ^c   Ang, Esther ^d   Chang, Esther ^a   Thompson, David R ^e   Daly, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Department of Radiation Oncology   (Australia)

^c SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^d ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Evidence based practice; Health care; Heart disease; Traditional Chinese Medicine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM EXTRACT; AMIODARONE; ANGELICA SINENSIS EXTRACT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CAPTOPRIL; CHINESE DRUG; CRATAEGUS EXTRACT; CYCLOSPORIN; DIGITALIS; DIGOXIN; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; EPHEDRA EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; GINGER EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; IBUTILIDE; KAVA; PROPAFENONE; QUINIDINE; RESERPINE; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA EXTRACT; TANACETUM PARTHENIUM EXTRACT; UBIDECARENONE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERATRUM ALKALOID; WARFARIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANTICOAGULATION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLEEDING; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; CHINESE HERB; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONSUMER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SAFETY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RATE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; HYPOTENSION; INTERNET; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICINE; MEDLINE; NURSING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; STROKE; SUDDEN DEATH; SYMPTOM; THROMBOCYTE ANOMALY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; BREATHING EXERCISES; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEART DISEASES; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; NURSING RESEARCH; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WESTERN WORLD;

EID: 0141459001     PISSN: 14745151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-5151(03)00057-4     Document Type: Review

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