Author(s)

Jianhong Qin^*, Wenzhi Mo^#, Lixin Xie, Erneng Zhou, Guijiao Li, Rongfu Liang, Xuenuo Wu

Department of Cardiology, Nanning Third People’s Hospital, Nanning, China.

Objective: To investigate the effect of sacubitril-valsartan combined with Zhenyuan capsule in the treatment of chronic heart failure comorbid anxiety and depression and its effect on the level of inflammatory factors. Methods: A total of 106 patients with chronic heart failure comorbid anxiety and depression from February 2020 to March 2022 were continuously enrolled and divided into control group (36 cases), observation group A (36 cases) and observation group B (34 cases) according to treatment methods. All groups were given conventional treatment. On the basis of routine treatment, the control group, observation group A and observation group B were given valsartan, sacubitril-valsartan and sacubitril-valsartan plus Zhenyuan Capsules for the treatment of consecutive 8 weeks. The patients in the 3 groups were evaluated by the Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS) before and after treatment, and the clinical efficacy of heart failure was evaluated, and the detection of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), left ventricular end systolic diameter (LVESD), left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (LVEDD), N terminal brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha), interleukin 6 (IL-6), c-reactive protein (CRP) was conducted. Results: The clinical efficacy rate and total effective rate of heart failure in observation group A and observation group B were significantly higher than those in the control group (P < 0.05), and the observation group B was higher than the observation group A (P < 0.05); SAS and SDS scores in observation group A and observation group B were significantly lower than the control group (P < 0.05), and observation group B was lower than observation group A (P < 0.05); The LVEF in the three groups was all increased compared with those before treatment, and the levels of LVESD, LVEDD, NT-proBNP, TNF-α, IL-6, and hs-CRP were all decreased compared with those before treatment; The changes of above indexes in observation group A and observation group B were more significant than those in control group (P < 0.05). Except for the LVEDD index, the observation group B had significant changes compared with the observation group A (P < 0.05). Conclusion: Sacubitril valsartan can improve cardiac function, reduce inflammatory response, and improve anxiety and depression in patients with chronic heart failure, and the treatment effect of combination with Zhenyuan Capsule is more significant.

Heart Failure, Anxiety, Depression, Sacubitril Valsartan, Zhenyuan Capsule, Inflammatory Factors

Qin, J. , Mo, W. , Xie, L. , Zhou, E. , Li, G. , Liang, R. and Wu, X. (2022) Effect of Sacubitril-Valsartan Combined with Zhenyuan Capsule in the Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure Comorbid Anxiety and Depression and Its Effect on Inflammatory Factors. Natural Science, 14, 241-250. doi: 10.4236/ns.2022.146024.