• Medicina · Jun 2020

    Reduced Stroke Risk among Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Receiving Chinese Herbal Medicines Treatment: Analysis of Domestic Data in Taiwan.

    • Li-Cheng Zheng, Hanoch Livneh, Wei-Jen Chen, Miao-Chiu Lin, Ming-Chi Lu, Chia-Chou Yeh, and Tzung-Yi Tsai.
    • Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Kaohsiung-Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung 81362, Taiwan.
    • Medicina (Kaunas). 2020 Jun 9; 56 (6).

    AbstractBackground and objectives: Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) reportedly have a much higher risk of death due to stroke. Faced with this heavy burden, it remains unclear if the Chinese herbal medicines (CHMs), the most common form complementary and alternative medicine, can lower the risk of stroke for them. This study aimed to evaluate the association of CHMs use with stroke risk among them.

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