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A new study published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews states that there is "a significant benefit in symptom control and physiologic outcomes from hawthorn extract as an adjunctive treatment for chronic heart failure."
In beginning the study, researchers noted: "Hawthorn extract is advocated as an oral treatment option for chronic heart failure. Also, the German Commission E approved the use of extracts of hawthorn leaf with flower in patients suffering from heart failure graded stage II."Researchers reviewed 14 double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trails and concluded that hawthorn berry extract may be used as an oral treatment option for chronic heart failure. In most of the studies, hawthorn was used as an adjunct to conventional treatment. Ten trials including 855 patients with chronic heart failure provided data that were suitable for meta-analysis.
Researchers stated: "For the physiologic outcome of maximal workload, treatment with hawthorn extract was more beneficial than placebo. Exercise tolerances were significantly increased by hawthorn extract. The pressure-heart rate product, an index of cardiac oxygen consumption, also showed a beneficial decrease with hawthorn treatment. Symptoms such as shortness of breath and fatigue improved significantly with hawthorn treatment as compared with placebo."
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Issue 1, 2008.
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