Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine ›› 2013, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (05): 553-561.DOI: 10.1016/s0254-6272(14)60021-2

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Safflower yellow injection combined with conventional therapy in treating unstable angina pectoris:a meta-analysis

Dezhao Kong, Wei Xia, Zhe Zhang, Lei Xiao, Dongchao Yuan, Yue Liu, Guanlin Yang   

  1. Department of Cardiology, Liaoning University Of Traditional Chinese Medicine;Department of Cardiol-ogy, the Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning University of Tradi-tional Chinese Medicine;Department of Cardiology, Liaoning University Of Tra-ditional Chinese Medicine;
  • Accepted:2013-10-15 Online:2013-10-15 Published:2013-10-15

Abstract: OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the clinical efficacy of safflower yellow injection combined with conventional therapy in treating unstable angina pectoris.METHODS:We searched online databases:Chinese journal full-text database,China National Knowledge Infrastructure,Wanfang database,Chinese journal full-text database,Pubmed,ScienceDirect,Embase,and the Cochrane Library with manual-screening of relevant literature.Eligible randomized controlled trials(RCT)on angina pectoris were included.We conducted meta-analysis using the RevMan 5.1 software from The Cochrane Collaboration.We treated the relief rate of angina symptoms and electrocardiograph(ECG)as evaluation.RESULTS:Seven articles,including in 1134 patients,were enrolled after the evaluation.Therewas no significant heterogeneity among the studies(χ2=1.08,df=6,P=0.98,I2=0%).The safflower yellow injection with conventional therapy has a higher effective rate than the control group in relieving the symptoms of angina pectoris[odds ratio(OR)=2.95,95%(CI)(1.81,4.81)]and improving ischemic ECG[OR=2.85,95%CI(1.67,4.86)].The difference was statistically significant in the"80 mg dosage"and"100 mg dosage"subgroups(P

Key words: Safflower yellow injection, Angina,unstable, Meta-analysis

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Dezhao Kong, Wei Xia, Zhe Zhang, Lei Xiao, Dongchao Yuan, Yue Liu, Guanlin Yang. Safflower yellow injection combined with conventional therapy in treating unstable angina pectoris:a meta-analysis[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2013, 33(05): 553-561.