In:
Materiale Plastice, Revista de Chimie SRL, Vol. 57, No. 2 ( 2019-7-1), p. 39-44
Abstract:
Diabetes mellitus (DM) and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) represent worldwide, major health problems. Frequently, diabetic patients may require therapy with implantable intra-cardiac electronic devices. In this article, we analysed the complications related to the presence of polymer-coated electrodes leads occurred among 351 patients, carriers of implantable electronic intra-cardiac devices: permanent pacemakers (PPM), cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) or implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD). Of all these patients, 99 (28.20%) had type 2 DM (p=0.022), double than the prevalence of DM in the general population (11%). Only two patients with PPM and DM had fractures of electrodes leads and one was diagnosed with right heart infective endocarditis, but no non-diabetic patient developed any complications related to the presence of polymer coated electrodes leads.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0025-5289
,
2668-8220
DOI:
10.37358/MP.20.2.5349
Language:
English
Publisher:
Revista de Chimie SRL
Publication Date:
2019
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2487166-7
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