The exploration of traditional Chinese medicine（TCM） for treatment of cardiovascular diseases is still one of the hot issues in 2020. This review retrieved the recent registered clinical studies on TCM for treatment of cardiovascular diseases in two clinical trial registries（http://www.chictr.org.cn; https://clinicaltrials.gov） since 2019; and summarized the basic researches funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China in recent five years and the related published articles. Based on the data collected

this paper analyzed the research progress of TCM for treatment of coronary heart disease

hypertension

heart failure

and arrhythmia; figured out the research hotspots; and pointed out the research directions.