heart failure
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Meeting the Western medical diagnostic criteria for chronic heart failure; 2. In line with the TCM diagnostic criteria of heart failure syndrome of Qi deficiency, blood stasis and water cessation; 3. Aged 18-80 years, both sexes; 4. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) <= 40% (modified Simpson's method); 5. NYHA cardiac function grade ?-? with stable clinical symptoms, including those diagnosed as grade ? within 2 weeks before enrollment; 6. Good compliance, can provide contact information, can accept regular interviews; 7. Participate voluntarily, understand and sign the informed consent form.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Heart failure caused by valvular disease, congenital heart disease, pericardial disease, heart failure caused by liver, kidney and other important organ failure, heart failure caused by hyperthyroidism, anemia and other systemic diseases or heart failure with unknown etiology; 2. Uncontrollable malignant arrhythmias, sick sinus syndrome without pacemaker protection, or second degree type II + ATrioventricular block; 3. Patients who underwent coronary revascularization therapy or cardiac resynchronization therapy or had undergone cardiac resynchronization therapy within 1 month or planned within 3 months; 4. Patients with progressive exacerbation of acute coronary syndrome; 5. Iin patients with uncontrolled hypertension, systolic blood pressure >= 180 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure >= 110 mmHg; 6. Cardiogenic shock patients; 7. Unrepaired valvular heart disease with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction, myocarditis, large aneurysm, dissecting aneurysm, and significant hemodynamic changes; 8. Patients with a history of stroke (cerebral hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage, cerebral thrombosis, cerebral embolism and stroke of unknown classification) or lower extremity arterial disease in the past 6 months; 9. Patients with active bleeding disease in the past 6 months; 10. Patients with tumors, severe endocrine system diseases, mental diseases, severe liver and kidney primary diseases, and severe hematopoietic system primary diseases; 11. Patients who are pregnant, preparing for pregnancy, miscarriage, breastfeeding or after delivery during or within the last 6 months of pregnancy; 12. People with allergies or known allergies to treatment drugs; 13. Other ongoing clinical trials; 14. According to the judgment of the researcher, the study cannot be completed; 15. Life expectancy < 3 months.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Left ventricular ejection fraction, LVEF; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Left ventricular end-diastolic diameter, LVEDD;Left ventricular end-systolic diameter, LVESD;6-minute walk test;NT-proBNP;Heart function grade of New York Heart Association (NYHA);Minnesota Heart Failure Quality of Life Score;TCM syndrome integration;Cardiovascular death and rehospitalization for heart failure; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine