The Impact of Infectious Disease on QT Segment

HaEmek Medical Center, Israel

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cardiomyopathy, Secondary; Pneumonia; Sepsis

Treatments: Device: ekocardiogram test

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02960256

112-16

Details and patient eligibility

About

Sepsis related to the development of cardiac complications. However, the investigators understanding regarding this condition remains incomplete. Possible explanations raised include coronary perfusion decrease, activation of the coagulation system and release of inflammatory mediators, including endotoxins, cytokines and others.

In this study the investigators wanted to examine the impact of any infectious disease, (not necessarily Pneumonia), on the QT interval in patients hospitalized for acute infectious disease.

Enrollment: 169 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 120 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Internal ward hospitalized patient, due to illness which its etiology is bacterial, fungal or viral

Exclusion criteria

• Can not technically perform reliably ECG (amputated legs, lack of cooperation, etc.)
• Subject with permanent pacemaker

Trial design

169 participants in 1 patient group

Patients admitted to an internal medicine department due to an

Treatment:

Device: ekocardiogram test