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FRONTIERS IN MEDICAL CASE REPORTS - Volume 2; Issue 1, (Jan-Feb, 2021)

Pages: 1-03

Defibrillator Twiddler’s Syndrome: A Case Report

KHEYI Jamal, BENNANI Meriem, BOUZELMAT Hicham , CHAIB Ali

Category: Medical Case Reports

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Abstract:

The present case documents a problem of internal cardioverter defibrillator lead disruption resulting from patient-induced rotation of the generator in its pocket, similar to the previously reported pacemaker twiddler's syndrome.

Keywords: Defibrillator Twiddler’s Syndrome, Internal Cardioverter Defibrillator

References:

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Crossley GH, Gayle DD, Bailey JR, Hiasty WK, Simmons TW, Fitzgerald DM. Defibrillator Twiddler’s syndrome causing device failure in a subpectoral transvenous system. PACE 1996; 19: 376–377.

Grimm W, Flores BF, Marchlinski FE. Complications of implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy: follow-up of 241 patients. PACE 1993; 16: 218–222.

DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.47746/FMCR.2021.2108