December 21, 2005Cardiology

Twiddler’s Syndrome: An Interesting Cause of Pacemaker Failure

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1 patient with twiddler's syndrome and dementia

Design

Case_report

Authors

RCRicardo CastilloBrookdale University Hospital and Medical Center EÇErdal ÇavuşoğluState University of New York

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Implication

Dementia may heighten twiddler's syndrome risk in pacemaker patients; case report leaves preventive strategies open.

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Population

1 patient with twiddler's syndrome (permanent pacemaker failure resulting from inadvertent or deliberate rotation of the pulse generator causing lead dislodgement) and dementia

Highlights dementia as a risk factor for twiddler's syndrome, a rare cause of pacemaker failure.

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Castillo et al. (2005) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d5708b75589c71d767dd0d https://doi.org/10.1159/000090213

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Twiddler’s Syndrome: An Interesting Cause of Pacemaker Failure

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