Hawthorn extract improves chronic heart failure

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Based on the findings of this meta-analysis, hawthorn extract can be recommended as an adjunctive therapy to improve the physical performance and ameliorate heart failure–related symptoms of patients with chronic heart failure. It should not replace standard therapy.

The most effective dose is unknown, but these studies used 160–1800 mg/d. Longterm data on hawthorn extract’s impact upon prognosis is still lacking.

 
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Pittler MH, Schmidt K, Ernst E. Hawthorn extract for treating chronic heart failure: meta-analysis of randomized trials. Am J Med 2003; 114:665–674.

Laura Jeanne Eaton, MD, MPH
Scott Kinkade, MD
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri–Columbia. E-mail: [email protected]

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Laura Jeanne Eaton, MD, MPH
Scott Kinkade, MD
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri–Columbia. E-mail: [email protected]

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Pittler MH, Schmidt K, Ernst E. Hawthorn extract for treating chronic heart failure: meta-analysis of randomized trials. Am J Med 2003; 114:665–674.

Laura Jeanne Eaton, MD, MPH
Scott Kinkade, MD
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri–Columbia. E-mail: [email protected]

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PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS

Based on the findings of this meta-analysis, hawthorn extract can be recommended as an adjunctive therapy to improve the physical performance and ameliorate heart failure–related symptoms of patients with chronic heart failure. It should not replace standard therapy.

The most effective dose is unknown, but these studies used 160–1800 mg/d. Longterm data on hawthorn extract’s impact upon prognosis is still lacking.

 
PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS

Based on the findings of this meta-analysis, hawthorn extract can be recommended as an adjunctive therapy to improve the physical performance and ameliorate heart failure–related symptoms of patients with chronic heart failure. It should not replace standard therapy.

The most effective dose is unknown, but these studies used 160–1800 mg/d. Longterm data on hawthorn extract’s impact upon prognosis is still lacking.

 
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