Българска кардиология (Oct 2021)

Cardiac implantable electronic devices in Bulgaria: results from the electronic registry BG-Pace for the period 2019-2021

  • Vassil Traykov,
  • Svetoslav Iovev,
  • Borislav Borisov,
  • Ivaylo Kozhuharov,
  • Momchil Marinov,
  • Vasil Velchev

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/bgcardio.27.e71177
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27, no. 3
pp. 69 – 87

Abstract

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The current study analyses the activity in cardiac pacing in Bulgaria in 2019, 2020 and 2021 based on data derived from a national registry of patients with cardiac electronic implantable devices (CIEDs). Materials and methods. Data from the national registry BG-Pace in the period 08.2019-06.2021 was retrospectively studied. Demographic data, procedure and device type, pacing mode, etiology, symptoms, preimplantation ECG, number of implantations and centre and operator volumes were analysed. Results. Six thousand nine hundred forty-nine devices were implanted by 47 operators in 28 centres for the study period. Median age was 75 (IQR 68-81, 21-103) years in males and 77 (IQR 71-82, 17-98) years in females, P

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