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Patients hospitalized in internal medicine departments are given corticosteroid treatment according clinical indications. Patients receive treatment at different dosage levels and in different preparations according to clinical indications. This study will investigate how corticosteroids effect the heart and specifically, longitudinal strain.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Corticosteroid Treatment | Patients in the internal medicine department who are being treated with corticosteroids will undergo Transthoracic Echocardiogram to determine change in heart function. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Transthoracic Echocardiogram | Other |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in Heart Function | Heart contraction and specifically its longitudinal strain will be examined using Transthoracic Echocardiogram (TTE) before, during and after corticosteroid treatment. TTE reveals changes in contraction in the right and left ventricle and septum. | Two years |
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Patients being treated with corticosteroids for various clinical indications who have been hospitalized in the internal medicine department of the Hillel Yaffe Medical Center.
| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Nina Avshovich, MD | Contact | 972-4-630-835 | ninaa@hy.health.gov.il |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Hillel Yaffe Medical Center | Hadera | 38100 | Israel |
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