Advantages of Intra-cardiac Polymer Coated Electrodes Leads in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus and Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices

PESCARIU, SILVIUS; TUDORAN, CRISTINA; TUDORAN, MARIANA; POP, GHEORGHE; PESCARIU, SORIN; TIMAR, ROMULUS; ANDOR, BOGDAN

doi:10.37358/MP.20.2.5349

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Advantages of Intra-cardiac Polymer Coated Electrodes Leads in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus and Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices

SILVIUS ALEXANDRU PESCARIU, CRISTINA TUDORAN, MARIANA TUDORAN, GHEORGHE NICUSOR POP, SORIN PESCARIU, ROMULUS TIMAR, BOGDAN ANDOR

DOI 10.37358/MP.20.2.5349

Published 01 Jul 2019

Issue Vol. 57, No. 2

Pages 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.

Keywords: Type 2 diabetes mellitus 1; polymer coated electrodes leads 2; permanent pacemakers 3; resynchronisation therapy 4; cardioverter-defibrillators 5

How to Cite this Article

PESCARIU, S., TUDORAN, C., TUDORAN, M., POP, G., PESCARIU, S., TIMAR, R., & ANDOR, B. (2019). Advantages of Intra-cardiac Polymer Coated Electrodes Leads in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus and Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices. Materiale Plastice, 57(2), 39–44. https://doi.org/10.37358/MP.20.2.5349

PESCARIU S, TUDORAN C, TUDORAN M, POP G, PESCARIU S, TIMAR R, ANDOR B. Advantages of Intra-cardiac Polymer Coated Electrodes Leads in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus and Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices. Materiale Plastice. 2019;57(2):39–44. doi: 10.37358/MP.20.2.5349

S. PESCARIU, C. TUDORAN, M. TUDORAN, G. POP, S. PESCARIU, R. TIMAR, and B. ANDOR, "Advantages of Intra-cardiac Polymer Coated Electrodes Leads in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus and Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices,” Materiale Plastice, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 39–44, 2019. doi: 10.37358/MP.20.2.5349

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