Efficacy and Safety of Fuzi Formulae on the Treatment of Heart Failure as Complementary Therapy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of High-Quality Randomized Controlled Trials.

Meng-Qi YangYong-Mei SongHuan-Yu GaoYi-Tao Xue

Published in: Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM (2019)

The efficacy and additional benefits of FZF for CCEs were certain according to the high-quality evidence assessed through GRADE. However, the efficacy and additional benefits for the other outcomes were uncertain judging from current studies. In addition, the safety assessment has a great room for improvement. Thus, further research studies are needed to find more convincing proofs.

Keyphrases

heart failure
randomized controlled trial
case control
left ventricular
atrial fibrillation
type diabetes
systematic review
adipose tissue
combination therapy
metabolic syndrome
study protocol
acute heart failure
cell therapy
bone marrow
meta analyses