A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled study of the effects of qili qiangxin capsules in patients with chronic heart failure

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1065-1072

  Li, Xinli ^a   Zhang, Jian ^b   Huang, Jun ^a   Ma, Aiqun ^c   Yang, Jiefu ^d   Li, Weimin ^e   Wu, Zonggui ^f   Yao, Chen ^g   Zhang, Yuhui ^b   Yao, Wenming ^a   Zhang, Boli ^h   Gao, Runlin ^b  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^c XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^e HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

chronic heart failure; qili qiangxin capsules; randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; QILI QIANGXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

6 MIN WALK TEST; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINNESOTA LIVING WITH HEART FAILURE QUESTIONNAIRE; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WALKING;

6-MIN WALKING DISTANCE; 6MWD; CCE; CHF; CHRONIC HEART FAILURE; COMPOSITE CARDIAC EVENT(S); LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION; LVEF; MINNESOTA LIVING WITH HEART FAILURE QUESTIONNAIRE; MLHFQ; N-TERMINAL PRO-B-TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; NT-PROBNP; QILI QIANGXIN CAPSULES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TCM; TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE;

AGED; CHINA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883830677     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.05.035     Document Type: Article

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