The Effect and Safety of Low-level Laser Therapy in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Patients.

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    Recruiting
  • participants needed
    60
  • sponsor
    National Yang-Ming University Hospital
Updated on 5 August 2020
systolic blood pressure
anticoagulants
heart failure
dyspnea
acupuncture
cardiomyopathy
b-type natriuretic peptide
edema
natriuretic peptide
laser therapy
acute decompensated heart failure
invasive treatment
ischemic cardiomyopathy
oral anticoagulants
decompensated heart failure
nesiritide
low-level laser therapy
natriuretic
syncope
fainting
cardiogenic pulmonary edema
needle stick
b-type natriuretic peptide (bnp)
prophylactic
adhf

Summary

The advantages of laser acupuncture are a non-invasive, painless, low risk of infection and high safety. Laser acupuncture as a treatment tool has the following advantages1.Painless, 2. Non-invasive treatment, the subject is highly accepted, the risk of infection and needle stick is low, 3. Very few side effects such as fainting, bleeding, 4. The therapeutic dose is easy to operate, and the instrument output frequency, power and time can be controlled. Through the clinical physiological function test plus the verification and analysis of the quantitative test values, it will be more able to define the new role of laser acupuncture treatment in patients with heart failure from the perspective of Chinese medicine.

Description

From the perspective of ancient books, the discussion of heart failure in the etiology and pathogenesis of traditional Chinese medicine was first seen in the "Shu Wen". It is clearly pointed out that "heart qi" is the basic pathogenesis of heart failure. The "qi" and "blood" of Chinese medicine are closely related. The blood line is driven by the gas, the blood is bloody, and the qi deficiency is unable to push the blood to blood. If the qi deficiency, it would lead to blood stasis; There were studies have indicated that traditional acupuncture treatment can increase exercise tolerance and adjust autonomic nerve activity in patients with chronic heart failure, and can reduce their readmission rate and mortality rate in patients with acute heart failure. Studies using laser acupuncture to treat patients with heart failure have also found that they can increase the subject's six-minute walking distance.

Details
Condition Acupuncture therapy discipline, Heart failure, Heart failure, Heart disease, Heart disease, Acupuncture
Age 20years - 100years
Treatment Acupuncture, Low-Level Laser Therapy
Clinical Study IdentifierNCT04383080
SponsorNational Yang-Ming University Hospital
Last Modified on5 August 2020

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Yes No Not Sure

Inclusion Criteria

Age over 20 years of age, with written informed consent
NYHA:stage II-III
All patients had LVEF <40% caused by dilated or ischemic cardiomyopathy
Acute HF patient presenting with dyspnea related to cardiogenic pulmonary edema
All patients had sinus rhythm, were stable and compensated with individually optimized standard heart failure medication as well as oral anticoagulants for at least 3 months before (including prophylactic defibrillator placement)
Systolic blood pressure > 95 mmHg at admission
B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) > 150 pg/mL or NT-pro BNP > 600 pg/mL

Exclusion Criteria

Age under 20
Major cardiovascular events and treatments occurred four weeks before hospitalization
Major cardiovascular surgery or treatment will be performed in the next 6 months
Pregnant or expected to pregnancy within a year
Require a heart transplant in 6 months
Uncontrolled atrial or ventricular dysrhythmias
Uncompensated congestive heart failure
Heart failure due to congenital heart disease or obstructive myocardial disease
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