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Acupuncture as Added Treatment for Chronic Stable Angina

by Colleen Fleiss on Jul 30 2019 5:10 AM

New study assessed the efficacy and safety of acupuncture as adjunctive therapy to antianginal therapies in reducing frequency of angina attacks in patients with chronic stable angina.

Acupuncture as Added Treatment for Chronic Stable Angina
Clinical trial results have found that adjunctive therapy with acupuncture had a significant effect in alleviating chronic stable angina within 16 weeks.
What The Study Did: This randomized clinical trial with about 400 adults conducted in //China investigated acupuncture as an added treatment to antianginal therapies in reducing the frequency of angina attacks in patients with chronic stable angina.

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Acupuncture on the DAM as adjunctive treatment to antianginal therapy showed superior benefits in alleviating angina.

Authors: Fanrong Liang, M.D., of the Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Sichuan, China, is the corresponding author.

(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.2407)

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Source-Eurekalert



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