Search strategy used for the PubMed database
| No. | Search terms |
| 1 | Tai Ji Quan |
| 2 | Tai chi |
| 3 | Tai ji |
| 4 | Taijiquan |
| 5 | Baduanjin |
| 6 | Baduanjin exercise |
| 7 | eight section brocades |
| 8 | Yi Jinjing |
| 9 | Yijinjing |
| 10 | Yijinjing exercise |
| 11 | or1-10 |
| 12 | Coronary Heart Diseases |
| 13 | CHD |
| 14 | Coronary artery atherosclerosis heart disease |
| 15 | Acute coronary syndrome |
| 16 | ACS |
| 17 | Acute myocardial infarction |
| 18 | AMI |
| 19 | Heart failure |
| 20 | HF |
| 21 | Cardiovascular events |
| 22 | percutaneous coronary intervention |
| 23 | PCI |
| 24 | or12-23 |
| 25 | 11 and 24 |