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Twiddler's syndrome: Between mechanical recoil and behavioral troubles

A 72-year-old male with severe dilated cardiomyopathy, benefited of implantable cardiac defibrillator implementation. Device control shows high impedance. On X-ray, electrodes were completely twisted in the generator pocket, they were replaced and the generator was fixed to pectoralis-major fascia....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: El Minaoui, Mohamed, Beladel, Wassim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9372525/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35965939
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2022.07.035
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Sumario:A 72-year-old male with severe dilated cardiomyopathy, benefited of implantable cardiac defibrillator implementation. Device control shows high impedance. On X-ray, electrodes were completely twisted in the generator pocket, they were replaced and the generator was fixed to pectoralis-major fascia. Nurses report patient abnormal movements, scratching implantation area. This was identified as probably the trigger of the complication.