Twiddler syndrome with 180degrees rotation of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator generator resulting in malfunction of one of the shocking coils

Europace. 2009 Oct;11(10):1259. doi: 10.1093/europace/eup259.

Authors

Diego Chemello¹, Anandaraja Subramanian, Douglas Cameron

Affiliation

¹ Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, 200 Elizabeth Street, 3rd Floor, Rm 522B, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 2C4.

PMID: 19797142
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup259

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Cardiomyopathies / complications*
Cardiomyopathies / prevention & control*
Defibrillators, Implantable / adverse effects*
Device Removal
Equipment Failure*
Female
Foreign-Body Migration / diagnostic imaging
Foreign-Body Migration / etiology*
Foreign-Body Migration / surgery
Humans
Radiography
Tachycardia, Ventricular / complications*
Tachycardia, Ventricular / prevention & control*