Chinese herbal medicine treatment and the association with long-term major adverse cardiac events in patients with chronic kidney disease: A propensity-score matched cohort study
The use of CHM as an adjunct therapy in CKD patients was associated with a significantly lower risk of MACEs and all-cause mortality. These findings support the potential of CHM in cardiovascular risk mitigation among CKD patients and highlight the need for future clinical and ethnopharmacological investigations.
Authors
- Yuan-Ching Liao
- Hung-Rong Yen
- Peter Mayer
- Chiz-Tzung Chang
- Mei-Yao Wu
Institutions
- China Medical University (TW)
- China Medical University Hospital (TW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Biomedicine
- Published
- 2026-02-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.37796/2211-8039.1699
- Primary Topic
- Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- China Medical University Hospital
- China Medical University
- Division of Materials Research