Practical Geriatrics ›› 2025, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (10): 1048-1051.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1003-9198.2025.10.016

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Effects of Yueju pill combined with sacubitril/valsartan in the treatment of elderly patients with permanent atrial fibrillation and heart failure

YUAN Tingting, JIANG Jiancong, HUANG Dafeng, LIN Song   

  1. Department of Cardiac Medicine, Yixing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wuxi 214200, China (YUAN Tingting, JIANG Jiancong, HUANG Dafeng);
    Department of Cardiac Medicine, Nanjing First Hospital(LIN Song), Nanjing 210006, China
  • Received:2024-12-18 Published:2025-10-28
  • Contact: LIN Song, Email:linsong19711991@sina.com

Abstract: Objective To investigate the effect of Yueju pill combined with sacubitril/valsartan in the treatment of the elderly patients with permanent atrial fibrillation and heart failure. Methods A total of 100 elderly patients with permanent atrial fibrillation and heart failure admitted to Yixing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine from July 2023 to June 2024 were enrolled and randomly divided into two groups by random number table. The control group was given sacubitril/valsartan combined with ventricular rate control therapy. The study group was given Yueju pill on the basis of control group. The cardiac function and efficacy were compared between the two groups. Results The total effective rate of the study group was 92%, which was higher than that of the control group (74%) (P<0.05). After treatment, the serum levels of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)were significantly lower, and the level of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was higher in the two groups than those before treatment, especially in the study group, and the differences were statistically significant (P< 0.05). Conclusions Yueju pill combined with sacubitril/valsartan is effective in the treatment of the elderly patients with permanent atrial fibrillation and heart failure,which can effectively improve the cardiac function and improve the quality of life.

Key words: Yueju pill, sacubitril/valsartan, aged, permanent atrial fibrillation, heart failure

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