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Effect Of Bioelectric Therapy On Sternal Instability In Patients With Median Sternotomy After Heart Valve Surgery

40 participantsStarted 2021-07-15

Plain-language summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of bioelectric therapy on sternal instability in patients with median sternotomy after heart valve surgery.

Who can participate

Age range40 Years – 50 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion criteria

✓. there age between 40 and 50 years,
✓. hemodynamic stability
✓. BMI from 25 to 29.9 kg/m2,
✓. they will have acute sternal instability.

Exclusion criteria

✕. previous thoracic surgery
✕. elective and urgent coronary artery bypass surgery
✕. respiratory insufficiency after surgery manifesting hypoxemia with partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood \<60 mmHg
✕. renal insufficiency with serum creatinine ≥1.8 mg/dl after surgery
✕. low cardiac output syndrome with ST segment elevation in multiple electrocardiogram leads, cardiac arrhythmias, or hypotension, according to the American College of Cardiology Foundation and American Heart Association

What they're measuring

sternal instability

Timeframe: up to four weeks

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04949581

SponsorCairo University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2021-09-30

Contact for this trial

al shaymaa sh abd el azeim, lecturer

01033771553 alshaymaa.shaaban@pt.cu.edu.eg

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