Symptomatic heart failure is managed with interdisciplinary approaches to reduce acute exacerbations and to improve mortality. Acupuncture is a standardized treatment of Traditional Chinese Medicine that has been shown to have beneficial effects on the cardiovascular system via a neurohumoral pathway known as the long-loop pathway. This article serves to examine recent evidence supporting the long-loop pathway as the physiologic mechanism of acupuncture and the sympatholytic, vasodilatory, and cardioprotective effects of acupuncture that could specifically improve cardiac function and quality of life measures in the management of congestive heart failure.

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针灸和心血管疾病：以心力衰竭为重点。

有症状的心力衰竭可以通过跨学科的方法进行管理，以减少急性加重并提高死亡率。针灸是中药的一种标准化治疗方法，已被证明可通过称为“长环途径”的神经体液途径对心血管系统产生有益作用。本文旨在研究支持长循环途径作为针刺生理机制的最新证据，以及针刺的交感，血管舒张和心脏保护作用，这些物质可专门改善充血性心力衰竭的心脏功能和生活质量。