Herbal medicines for viral myocarditis

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Liu, Zhao Lan ^a   Liu, Zhi Jun ^a   Liu, Jian Ping ^a   Kwong, Joey S W ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; HEART ENZYME; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYDROXYBUTYRATE DEHYDROGENASE; INTERFERON; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; RIBAVIRIN; TROPONIN T; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DRUG COMBINATION; FRUCTUS SCHIZANDRAE, RADIX GINSENG, RADIX OPHIOPOGONIS DRUG COMBINATION;

ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; ECG ABNORMALITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EXTRASYSTOLE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION TIME; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY RATE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SHORT FORM 36; ST SEGMENT; SUPPORTIVE THERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS; BLOOD; CHINA; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MYOCARDITIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS DISEASES;

ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHINA; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MYOCARDITIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84925551132     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003711.pub5     Document Type: Review

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