Twiddler’s Syndrome

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" Twiddler’s Syndrome "
Lesnick, Jason A.; Cooper, Benjamin L.; Doshi, Pratik B.

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	928116
Doc. No	:	LA0hv6s169
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Lesnick, Jason A.; Cooper, Benjamin L.; Doshi, Pratik B.
Title & Author	:	Twiddler’s Syndrome [Article]\ Lesnick, Jason A.; Cooper, Benjamin L.; Doshi, Pratik B.
Title of Periodical	:	Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine
Volume/ Issue Number	:	3/3
Date	:	2019
Abstract	:	Twiddler’s syndrome refers to a rare condition in which a pacemaker or automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (AICD) malfunctions due to coiling of the device in the skin pocket and resultant lead displacement. This image is the chest radiograph (CXR) of a 54-year-old male who presented to the emergency department with chest pain five months after his AICD was placed. The CXR shows AICD leads coiled around the device and the absence of leads in the ventricle consistent with Twiddler’s syndrome. Patients with twiddler’s syndrome should be admitted for operative intervention.