Twiddler syndrome as a rare cause of implantable cardioverter defibrillator malfunction.
Twiddler syndrome that causes device malfunction is a rare complication in patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator. In this case report, we present a patient who was referred to our hospital with palpitation and abdominal pulsation 7 months after implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation.
Department of Cardiology, Ege University Medical Faculty, Turkey.
Hasan
H
Gungor
Hamza
H
Duygu
Bekir Serhat
BS
Yildiz
Ilker
I
Gul
Mehdi
M
Zoghi
Mustafa
M
Akin
D000368:Aged; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000009:adverse effects*; D020878:Device Removal; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010369:Pectoralis Muscles / Q000294:innervation; D010791:Phrenic Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology; D011859:Radiography; D012399:Rotation; D013577:Syndrome; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000628:therapy*