Reel syndrome-An uncommon etiology of ICD dysfunction

George Bazoukis; George Kollias; Gary Tse; Athanasios Saplaouras; Panagiotis Mililis; Antigoni Sakellaropoulou; Angelos-Michail Kolokathis; Dimitrios Asvestas; Michael Efremidis; Antonios Sideris; Konstantinos P Letsas

doi:10.1002/ccr3.2682

Reel syndrome-An uncommon etiology of ICD dysfunction

Clin Case Rep. 2020 Jan 30;8(3):582-583. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.2682. eCollection 2020 Mar.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Electrophysiology Laboratory Evangelismos General Hospital of Athens Athens Greece.
² Department of Medicine and Therapeutics Faculty of Medicine Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, SAR China.
³ Faculty of Medicine Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, SAR China.

Abstract

Reel syndrome occurs due to the rotation of the implantable device on its transverse axis with subsequent coiling of the leads around the pulse generator. Device interrogation and chest X-ray should be performed in any case of device malfunction.

Keywords: ICD complications; Reel syndrome; implantable device.