Study on the Differences between Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndromes in NYHA I–IV Classification of Chronic Heart Failure

Table 4

Distribution of disease sites in patients with CHF of different cardiac function classes.

Disease site	Class I cardiac function		Class II cardiac function		Class III cardiac function		Class IV cardiac function
	Frequency (N)	Percentage (%)	Frequency (N)	Percentage (%)	Frequency (N)	Percentage (%)	Frequency (N)	Percentage (%)
Heart	9	81.82	244	85.31	541	88.69	113	94.17
Kidney	4	36.36	70	24.48	192	31.48	58	48.33
Spleen	4	36.36	71	24.83	168	27.54	50	41.67
Lung	2	18.18	56	19.58	194	31.8	43	35.83
Liver	1	9.09	32	11.19	61	10	3	2.5
Stomach			17	5.94	32	5.25	6	5
Gallbladder			1	0.35	7	1.15	1	0.83