Status:
UNKNOWN
Autonomic Dysfunction in Patients With Pectus Excavatum.
Lead Sponsor:
Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation
Conditions:
Pectus Excavatum
Autonomic Dysfunction
Eligibility:
All Genders
13-45 years
Brief Summary
Investigators conducted a pilot study to to evaluate the autonomic function in participants with pectus excavatum before and after Nuss surgery.
Detailed Description
Since pectus excavatum can cause cardiac arrhythmia, the cardiac autonomic function in participants with pectus excavatum might be impaired. However, to our knowledge, there is no any study to evaluat...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria:
- Clinical diagnosis of pectus excavatum
- Agree to receive Nuss surgery to correct pectus excavatum
- Exclusion criteria:
- Major medical disease (asthma, heart failure, renal disease)
- Known psychiatric disease
- Known sleep-disordered breathing
- Skeletal disease
- Major surgery within 6 months
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2017
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
July 31 2018
Estimated Enrollment :
120 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03346876
Start Date
August 1 2017
End Date
July 31 2018
Last Update
November 30 2017
Active Locations (1)
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Taipei Tzu-Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu-Chi Medical Foundation
New Taipei City, Taiwan, 23143