Comparative efficacy of five traditional Chinese medicine injections for treating heart failure with reduced and mildly reduced ejection fraction: Bayesian network meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

More than half of all heart failure (HF) patients have heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) or mildly reduced ejection fraction (HFmrEF). The combination of traditional Chinese medicine injections (TCMIs) with Western medicine treatment (WMT) has been reported to have better efficacy than using WMT alone. However, the positive effects of TCMIs combined with WMT on HFrEF and HFmrEF require more comprehensive and systematic evidence and warrant further investigation.

Methods

The NMA searched eight databases, including four English and four Chinese, from database creation to November 10, 2022. We used the Cochrane Risk of Bias tool (ROB 2) to assess the selected studies' quality. OpenBUGS and STATA 17.0 were used for network meta-analysis.

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SUBMITTER: Zheng Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10726254 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature