Effect of astragalus injection on plasma levels of apoptosis-related factors in aged patients with chronic heart failure

Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 187-190

  Zhang, Jin Guo ^a   Yang, Na ^b   He, Hua ^a   Wei, Guang He ^a   Gao, Dong Sheng ^a   Wang, Xiao Li ^a   Wang, Xue Zhong ^b   Song, Guang Yao ^b  

^a JINING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEBEI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Astragalus injection; Chronic heart failure; Cytokines; The aged

Indexed keywords

ASTRAGALUS INJECTION; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHINESE DRUG; CYTOKINE; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; GLUCOSE; INTERLEUKIN 6; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 26244449278     PISSN: 16720415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02836502     Document Type: Article

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