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Table 4: Presence of complications according to device type and patient comorbidities. |
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Characteristic |
Complication, n (%) |
p |
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Yes (n = 78) |
No (n = 917) |
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Gender |
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Male |
35 (6.3) |
519 (93.7) |
0.030 |
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Female |
43 (9.8) |
398 (90.2) |
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Comorbidities |
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Arterial hypertension |
67 (8.4) |
730 (91.3) |
0.115* |
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Diabetes mellitus |
22 (8.8) |
229 (91.2) |
0.307* |
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Obesity |
13 (8.4) |
142 (91.6) |
0.449* |
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Device type |
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Pacemaker |
51 (7.0) |
682 (93.0) |
0.008 |
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ICD |
14 (10.4) |
121 (89.6) |
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CRT-D |
9 (19.1) |
38 (80.9) |
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ILR |
1 (1.8) |
54 (98.2) |
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CRT |
3 (12.0) |
22 (88.0) |
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Procedure |
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Implant |
55 (7.7) |
660 (92.3) |
0.301 |
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Explant/implant |
18 (7.2) |
232 (92.8) |
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Upgrade |
2 (20.0) |
8 (80.0) |
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Electrode repositioning |
0 (0.0) |
4 (100.0) |
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Explant |
1 (12.5) |
7 (87.5) |
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Explant/implant and electrode repositioning |
2 (25.0) |
6 (75.0) |
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ICD = implantable cardioverter defibrillator, CRT-D = cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillators, ILR = implantable loop recorder, CRT = cardiac resynchronization therapy. * Fisher’s exact test. |
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