Healthy, Nerve; Disorder, Sympathetic
Conditions
Brief summary
There are many sympathetic hyperactivity diseases in the investigators' clinical practice. However, the conventional method to measure the sympathetic nerve activity had many limitations such as clinical application, data interpretation and even therapeutic manipulation. Therefore the investigators would like to develop a non-invasive method to record the sympathetic nerve activity in the investigators' study that can help gathering the sympathetic nerve activity easily in the investigators' daily clinical situation. By the determination of sympathetic nerve activity status, the health caregiver can understand the disease more.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital
Study design
Observational model
CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to 85 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Sympathetic hyperactivity diseases included: hypertension, heart failure atherosclerotic diseases, arrhythmias, cardiomyopathy, pulmonary hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, sleep apnea, pulmonary embolism, hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, hepatopulmonary syndrome, hepatorenal syndrome, renal failure, nephritis, irritable bowel syndrome. * Healthy Volunteers
Exclusion criteria
* Pregnant
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Skin Sympathetic Nerve Activity | 12 hours | The Sympathetic Nerve Activity Recording from the skin of the subjects in the day time. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ventricular arrhythmia | 24 to 72 hours | The electrocardiogram recording from the telemetry. |
| Mortality | 1 to 12 months | The mortality will be accessed by the chart review and telephone access |
| Morbidity | 1 to 12 months | The morbidity will be accessed by the chart review and telephone access |
Outcome results
None listed