Science and the Effectiveness of Integrative Cardiologist
Integrative cardiologists are medical professionals who use a combination of traditional and complementary or alternative therapies to prevent, diagnose, and treat heart disease. Integrative medicine is a healthcare approach that combines the best of conventional Western medicine with evidence-based complementary and alternative therapies in order to provide the most comprehensive care for the individual patient. While integrative medicine has gained popularity in recent years, there is still a need for more research to determine the effectiveness of integrative approaches in the treatment of heart disease. One study that examined the effectiveness of integrative cardiologist in the treatment of heart disease was a randomized controlled trial published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology in 2014. The study enrolled more than 200 patients with heart disease and assigned them to either an integrative medicine group or a standard care group. The integrative medicine group...