The medical rehabilitation of patients with an artificial pacemaker
Iskenderov, B.G.; Tatarchenko, I.P.
Terapevticheskii Arkhiv 70(8): 60-63
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0040-3660 PMID: 9770750 Document Number: 484341
To study prognostic significance of individual rehabilitation of patients with pace-maker with account for leading cardiac syndromes. 375 patients with artificial pace-maker were treated in a cardiological hospital for cardiac failure, blood hypertension, angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmias. Congestive heart failure, blood hypertension, secondary cardiac arrhythmia, angina of effort were diagnosed in 57.4, 44.4, 33.0. 30.6% of the studied patients with artificial pace-maker. The patients died primarily of cardiac diseases, cancer and complications of cardiac pacing (71.3, 14.9 and 6.7% of cases, respectively). Aftercare of patients with pace-maker should be performed in groups of follow-up (5 groups) according to specially designed programs of diagnostic, therapeutic and prophylactic measures.