Hawthorn extract can prolong the life of patients with heart failure

2013-11-20 classification: efficacy and action: 0 people commented that the medicinal substance extracted from hawthorn is ws11442 (the information found from Google is Shenqi syrup, and interested students can check relevant literature), which can safely prolong the life of patients with congestive heart failure who have received drug treatment Ws11442 is a natural antioxidant extracted from hawthorn leaves In some European countries, it has been approved for the treatment of early congestive heart failure 156 European research centers of hawthorn extract wet powder jointly carried out the famous randomized double-blind clinical experiment spice study Eighty four percent of the subjects in the study were men According to the New York Heart Association heart function grading standard, 44% of the patients' heart function is grade III, which means their heart function is seriously damaged The end point of the study was the first cardiac event: sudden cardiac death, death due to progressive heart failure, fatal heart attack, nonfatal heart attack or heart failure requiring hospitalization A total of 268l patients with significant left ventricular dysfunction were randomly assigned to the ws11442 or placebo group for two years of continuous treatment All patients have received ACEI (83%), B receptor blocker (64%), cardiotonic glycoside (57%), spironolactone (39%) or diuretic (85%) Professor hohbarsch and his team members found that in the first 18 months of the study, patients in the ws11442 group had a 20% reduction in cardiac mortality and a four month increase in life expectancy The safety of the compound was demonstrated by the lower incidence of adverse events in the ws11442 group compared to the placebo group Professor holubarsch said: "ws11442 is also safe in patients with more severe congestive heart failure and patients with left ventricular ejection fraction less than 35% In an important subgroup, ws11442 delayed the probability of sudden cardiac death "