Review Article

Ligustrazine Injection for Chronic Pulmonary Heart Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Characteristics of included studies.

Included studiesMethodsParticipantsInterventionsOutcomes
Date of studyFirst authorDouble-blindSettings Age (years)GenderExperiment groupControl groupDeathClinical statusQuality of lifeHemorheologyAdverse effect

1999ChenYesH72/5245–85M, FConventional medicine treatment plus ligustrazine injection 200–240 mg qd. 14 daysConventional medicine treatmentNKYesNoNoNK

2010ChenNoH46/4661–77 M, FConventional medicine treatment plus ligustrazine injection 100 mg qd. 14 daysConventional medicine treatmentNKYesNoNoNK

2010YuanNoH31/31NKM, FConventional medicine treatment plus Ligustrazine Hydrochloride injection 40 mL, 60 mL qd. 14 daysConventional medicine treatmentNoYesNoYesNK

2009BaiNoH35/3558–80M, FConventional medicine treatment plus ligustrazine injection 80 mg qd. 14 daysConventional medicine treatmentNoYesNoYesNo

2009AnNoH40/3859–81M, FConventional medicine treatment plus ligustrazine injection 120 mg qd. 14 daysConventional medicine treatmentNKYesNoNoNK

2009HaoNoH50/5055–75M, FConventional medicine treatment plus ligustrazine injection 400 mg qd. 10 daysConventional medicine treatmentNKYesNoNoNK

2009WuNoH30/30 M, FConventional medicine treatment plus ligustrazine injection 400 mg qd. 10 daysConventional medicine treatmentNKYesNoNoNK

2009WuNoH40/4050–70M, FConventional medicine treatment plus ligustrazine injection 800 mg qd. 7 daysConventional medicine treatmentNKNoNoNoNK

2009MaNoH36/3648–82M, FConventional medicine treatment plus ligustrazine injection 400 mg qd. 14 daysConventional medicine treatmentNKYesNoNoNK

2008LiNoH31/30 M, FConventional medicine treatment plus ligustrazine injection 100 mg qd. 10 daysConventional medicine treatmentNKYesNoNoNK

2008LiuNoH38/36Mean 65.2/65.6M, FConventional medicine treatment plus ligustrazine injection 120–240 mg qd. 10 daysConventional medicine treatmentNKYesNoYesNK

2008QiNoH34/3057–82M, FConventional medicine treatment plus ligustrazine injection 100 mL. qd 14 daysConventional medicine treatmentNoYesNoYesNK

2008YeNoH32/32 M, FConventional medicine treatment plus ligustrazine injection 120 mg. qd 10 daysConventional medicine treatmentNoYesNoNoNo

2008XieNoH56/4936–75 Mean 66.5/38–77 Mean 67M, FConventional medicine treatment plus ligustrazine injection 80 mg. qd or bid. 10–14 daysConventional medicine treatmentNKYesNoYesNK

2007FanNoH22/21 M, FConventional medicine treatment plus Ligustrazine Hydrochloride injection 100 mL. qd. 14 daysConventional medicine treatmentNoYesNoYesYes

2007SunNoH40/4063.67 ± 14.15/67.25 ± 10.64M, FConventional medicine treatment plus Ligustrazine Hydrochloride injection 160 mg. qd. 14 daysConventional medicine treatmentNKYesNoYesNK

2006ShuiNoH31/28 M, FConventional medicine treatment plus ligustrazine injection 400 mg. qd. 7 daysConventional medicine treatmentNKYesNoYesNK

2006WeiNoH29/2259–81M, FConventional medicine treatment plus ligustrazine injection 80 mg. qd. 7 daysConventional medicine treatmentNKYesNoNoNK

2006ZhuNoOut patient12/1247–85M, FConventional medicine treatment plus ligustrazine injection 80 mg. qd. 10 daysConventional medicine treatmentNKYesNoNoNo

2006WangNoH120/8040–85M, FConventional medicine treatment plus ligustrazine injection 100 mg. qd. 10–15 daysConventional medicine treatmentNKYesNoYesNK

2006XuNoH36/3456–82, M, FConventional medicine treatment plus ligustrazine injection 160 mg. qd. 10 daysConventional medicine treatmentNKYesNoNoNK

2005HuangNoH30/3049–71M, FConventional medicine treatment plus ligustrazine injection 80 mg. qd. 10 daysConventional medicine treatmentNkYesNoNoNk

2005LiuNoH30/3059–75, M, FConventional medicine treatment plus ligustrazine injection 400 mg. qd. 10–14 daysConventional medicine treatmentNKYesNoYesNo

2005PanNoH16/1660–89M, FConventional medicine treatment plus ligustrazine injection 160 mg. qd. 14 daysConventional medicine treatmentNKYesNoYesNK

2004GaoNoH23/2055–80M, FConventional medicine treatment plus ligustrazine injection 80 mg. qd. 15 daysConventional medicine treatmentYesYesNoNoNo

2004MaNoH30/3050–70M, FConventional medicine treatment plus ligustrazine injection 800 mg. qd. 7 daysConventional medicine treatmentNoYesNoNoNK

2004ZhangNoH30/2553–79M, FConventional medicine treatment plus ligustrazine injection 200 mg. qd. 10 daysConventional medicine treatmentNoYesNoNoNK

2003LiuNoH26/2656–82M, FConventional medicine treatment plus ligustrazine injection 200 mg. qd. 14 daysConventional medicine treatmentNoYesNoYesNO

2001XiaNoH47/4158–73M, FConventional medicine treatment plus ligustrazine injection 200–240 mg. qd. 14 daysConventional medicine treatmentNKYesNoNoNo

2001ZhuNoH30/30stratifiedM, FConventional medicine treatment plus ligustrazine injection 800 mg. qd. 10 daysConventional medicine treatmentYesYesNoYesNo

2000SunNoH36/36NKM, FConventional medicine treatment plus ligustrazine injection 400 mg. qd. 14 daysConventional medicine treatmentNoYesNoNoNK

1994WangNoH26/2637–77M, FConventional medicine treatment plus ligustrazine injection 160 mg. qd. 10 daysConventional medicine treatmentNKNoNoNoNo

2008ZhouNoH49/47NKM, FConventional medicine treatment plus ligustrazine injection 80 mg. qd. 10 daysConventional medicine treatmentNKYesNoNoNo

H: hospital; M: male; F: female; NK: not known.