Twiddler's syndrome: an interesting cause of pacemaker failure.
This case report describes a patient with twiddler's syndrome, a rare condition of permanent pacemaker failure resulting from inadvertent or deliberate rotation of the pulse generator causing lead dislodgement. This report underscores the importance of dementia as a risk factor for twiddler's syndrome.
Castillo
Ricardo
R
Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, State University of New York - Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA. ric_castillo@hotmail.com
Cavusoglu
Erdal
E
D000368:Aged; D003704:Dementia / Q000523:psychology*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D012307:Risk Factors; D012399:Rotation; D013577:Syndrome; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000209:etiology