From: Complementary and alternative medicine usage among cardiac patients: a descriptive study
 | Type of CAM used, n (%; SE [%]) | ||||
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Type of heart disease | Medicinal herbs | Spiritual therapies/mind–body systems | Physical therapies/body manipulations | Alternative systems | Other (including energy therapies) |
Ischaemic heart disease (n = 104) | 94 (90.4; 2.89) | 61 (58.7, 4.82) | 15 (14.4; 3.44) | 9 (8.7; 2.70) | 0 (0.0) |
Cardiomyopathy (n = 12) | 11 (91.7; 7.96) | 6 (50.0; 14.43) | 1 (8.3; 7.96) | 1 (8.3; 7.96) | 0 (0.0) |
Cardiac arrhythmia (n = 6) | 6 (100.0; 0.00) | 6 (100.0; 0.00) | 3 (50.0; 20.41) | 0 (0; 0.00) | 0 (0.0) |
Valvular heart disease (n = 13) | 10 (76.9; 13.32) | 6 (46.2; 15.77) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Other, not specified (n = 31) | 24 (77.4; 7.51) | 24 (77.4; 7.51) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (19.4, 7.10) |