Influence of Corticosteroids on Heart Function

Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Heart; Complications

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Echocardiography

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03247153

HYMC-52-17

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will examine the effect of corticosteroid treatment on heart function.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with good echogenic body structure
• Patients with sinus rhythm with no conduction disorder

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with major medical condition
• Patients who are not hemodynamical stable
• Patients receiving long-term corticosteroid therapy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 1 patient group

Corticosteroid Therapy Patients

Experimental group

Description:

Corticosteroid therapy patients will be examined by echocardiography before, during and after receiving treatment

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Echocardiography