FATORES DE RISCO PARA COMPLICAÇÕES EM PACIENTES COM INSUFICIÊNCIA CARDÍACA PORTADORES DE DISPOSITIVO CARDÍACO ELETRÔNICO IMPLANTÁVEL.

Abstract

To identify the risk factors for complications in patients with heart failure with an implantable electronic heart device through a descriptive observational analysis of a cross-sectional epidemiological nature based on electronic medical records of patients with heart failure, carried out at a federal university in the Midwest region. Among the 14 patients studied, 57.14% were men and 42.85% were women with a mean age of 63±17 years and reduced ejection fraction with a mean of 28±9%; chagasic and ischemic etiology were the most prevalent (28.57% each); 64.28% with functional classification II and 50% with classification B; 78.56% had valve insufficiency and 42.85% had nonspecific conduction disorders; the most frequent symptoms were: jugular swelling (21.42%), edema (28.56%), hepatomegaly (7.14%) and poor peripheral perfusion (7.14%). It is therefore concluded that the following are risk factors for complications: chagasic and ischemic etiologies, reduced ejection fraction, disease progression, valvular heart disease, jugular distention, edema, poor peripheral perfusion and hepatomegaly.