Resumo:
The overall goal of this study is to analyze the profile clinical and epidemiological in
patients with Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device (CIED) enrolled into two
clinics of pacemaker in the city of Salvador (Bahia– Brazil). This study was crosssectional. The sample was patients with CIED and they were processed by
nonprobability sampling. The data analysis was showed by frequency, proportion,
average and standard deviation for the variables with normal distribution. Verifying
differences between categorical variables such as type of pacemaker and past of
stroke, nonparametric chi-square test was used. The statistical significance adopted
for the study was 5%. Result and discussion: 72 patients with CIED were analyzed.
The sample was composed by male sex, retiree, and age group between 21 and 89
year old (average was 61,83 year old). Most of participants had low educational level,
earned between one and two minimum wage, was mulatto, and lived with siblings
and wife. In relation with lifestyle, most of the entire sample was not smoker,
however, a great number of was ex-smoker. About alcoholism, most of the entire
sample did not drink alcoholic beverages. The major cause for implantation of CIED
was Ventricular Atrial Block, followed by Chagas Disease. The cardiological device
most frequent was the cardiac pacemaker. This study stated that there were
predominance of Systemic Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus, dyslipidemia and
previous stroke, respectively. Conclusion: The results provided information about
CIED and can be used to implement specialized care to patients. Also, studies in this
field are dearth.