Late twiddler syndrome in a patient with a submuscular implantable cardioverter defibrillator

BMJ Case Rep. 2018 Sep 15:2018:bcr2018227162. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-227162.

Authors

Neiberg de Alcantara Lima¹, Eduardo Arrais Rocha², Francisca Tatiana Moreira Pereira², Francisco Daniel Cavalcante²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA.
² Department of Cardiology, Universidade Federal do Ceara Hospital Universitario Walter Cantidio, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.

No abstract available

Keywords: interventional cardiology; pacing and electrophysiology; radiology (diagnostics).

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Defibrillators, Implantable / adverse effects*
Device Removal
Equipment Failure
Female
Foreign-Body Migration / diagnostic imaging
Foreign-Body Migration / physiopathology*
Heart Arrest / therapy*
Humans
Prosthesis Failure / adverse effects*
Syndrome
Tachycardia, Ventricular / etiology
Tachycardia, Ventricular / physiopathology*
Tachycardia, Ventricular / therapy
Treatment Outcome
Young Adult