title: [An exceptional cause of pacemaker dysfunction].
abstract: Twiddler syndrome is a very rare and surprising complication of pacemaker treatment. We report the case of a woman with psychiatric disease who presented two cardiac arrests due to loss of ventricular capture. Finally, pacemaker retropectoral implantation resolves the problem.
authors: Service de cardiologie, hôpital d'instruction des armées Desgenettes, 108, boulevard Pinel, 69275 Lyon cedex 03, France. Electronic address: griffet69@free.fr.
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Griffet
authors: Service de cardiologie, centre hospitalier Saint-Joseph-Saint-Luc, 20, quai Claude-Bernard, 69007 Lyon, France.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Lopez
authors: Service de cardiologie, hôpital d'instruction des armées Desgenettes, 108, boulevard Pinel, 69275 Lyon cedex 03, France.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Guérard
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000150:complications*