Acupuncture for Cardiovascular Diseases
Traditional acupuncture showed an improvement in heart rate variability, which may reduce the risk of sudden cardiac death for patients with coronary heart disease (CHD), according to findings of a pilot study by researchers at the Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center.
Heart rate variability, which refers to beat to beat variation in intervals between heart rates, is a sign of a healthy cardiovascular system. People who aren’t cardiovascularly fit or who’ve had a heart attack have less variability in their heart rate and are at greater risk for arrhythmia.