Relationship of TCM Syndromes in Chronic Heart Failure with Left Ventricular Mass Index and Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction / 广州中医药大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the relationship of TCM syndromes in chronic heart failure (CHF) with left ventricular mass index (LVMI) and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). Methods Two hundred and ninety-six CHF patients were classified into the syndromes of Qi deficiency (21 patients), Qi deficiency and blood stasis (98), fluid retention due to Qi deficiency and blood stasis (72), blood stasis due to the deficiency of Qi and yang (56), and blood stasis and fluid retention due to the deficiency of Qi and yang (49). LVMI and LVEF in different syndromes were campared.Results LVMI presented an increasing sequence and LVEF presented a decreasing sequence in the syndromes of Qi deficiency, Qi deficiency and blood stasis, fluid retention due to Qi deficiency and blood stasis, blood stasis due to the deficiency of Qi and yang, and blood stasis and fluid retention due to the deficiency of Qi and yang. Between the syndromes of Qi deficiency, Qi deficiency and blood stasis, and fluid retention due to Qi deficiency and blood stasis, there were significant differences of LVMI and LVEF (P0.05), but LVMI and LVEF in these two syndromes differed from those in the former three syndromes (P