Ischemic heart failure
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients with ischemic heart failure: 1. prior or current symptoms of HFsuch as dyspnea, fatigue and fluid retention (edema) etc; 2. history of old myocardial infarction with or without percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or/and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG); Coronary angiography (CAG) or coronary CTA shows stenosis of 50% or morein at least one of the main coronary arteries with or without revascularization, of which the researcher thinks that it is closely related to heart failure; 3. LVEF less than or equal to 50% measured by echocardiography in modified Simpson method; 4. New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class II to IV; 5. received standardized western medicine therapy for IHF and currently in a stable condition; 6. Submitted informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Acute heart failure; 2. Acute coronary syndrome; 3. Preparation for revascularization therapy within a month; 4. Preparation for heart transplantation; 5. Already received or preparing to receive cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT); 5. Already implanted or having indications to implant cardiac pacemaker; 6. Special treatments should be used for patients with comorbidities such as severe liver or renal failure and malignant tumor which could influence the clinical treatment of ischemic heart failure; 7. Pregnant or breastfeeding women, or women at childbearing age without reliable methods of contraception; 8. Participated in other trials within 2 months; Suspected or definite allergy to intervention drugs.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Minnesota life quality scale of heart failure,;NYHA cardiac function classification; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| the scores from the four TCM diagnostic method;complex endpoints (all-cause death, frequency of re-admission due to cardiovascular disease, frequency of emergency/re-admission to hospital due to IHF, acute coronary syndrome, severe arrhythmia, cardiac shock, revascularization, stroke, pulmonary embolism and peripheral vascular incidences,etc.);echocardiography;cardiothoracic ratio(CR); | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine