Application of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation
Dong Y, Liao J, Yao K, Jiang W, Wang J · Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine · 2017 January
DOI 10.1155/2017/1381732
Objective
To summarize the treatment strategies reported in TCM, with the purpose of providing novel ideas and directions for atrial fibrillation (AF) management.
Conclusions
In conclusion, despite suffering from lack of adequate mechanistic and clinical studies, TCM research in this area is exciting and may lead to the development of new drugs just like the discovery of amiodarone which is extracted from a plant named Ammi visnaga.
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