Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine / 2014 / Article / Tab 1 / Research Article
Chinese Medicine Shensongyangxin Is Effective for Patients with Bradycardia: Results of a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Multicenter Trial Table 1 Basic characteristics of study population.
Groups Trial group (
) Control group (
) Gender M/F (
) 60/55 47/57 Height (cm)
Weight (kg)
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)
Heart rate (bpm)
QT interval (ms)
Left ventricular ejection fraction (%)
Left ventricular end diastolic dimension (mm)
NYHA class,
(%) I 95 (82.6) 86 (82.7) II 20 (17.4) 18 (17.3) Hypertension,
(%) 37 (32.2) 32 (30.8) Ischemic heart disease,
(%) 32 (27.8) 39 (37.5) Diabetes mellitus
(%) 6 (5.2) 7 (6.7) History of bradycardia
(%) 13 (11.3) 7 (6.7) Types of bradycardia (%) Sinus bradycardia, sinus pauses 64 (55.7) 65 (62.5) Atrioventricular block 11 (9.6) 8 (7.7) Bradycardia-tachycardia syndrome 40 (34.8) 31 (29.8)