학술논문
Fiddling with the pacemaker: Twiddler’s syndrome in a parkinsonian patient.
Document Type
Case Study
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Subject
*PULMONARY embolism
*SYNCOPE
*ARRHYTHMIA
*CARDIAC pacemakers
*CHEST X rays
*ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY
*ELECTRODES
*MAGNETIC resonance imaging
*PARKINSON'S disease
*TOMOGRAPHY
*FOREIGN body migration
*DIAGNOSIS
*HISTORY
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0267-6591
Abstract
We describe the case report of an 86-year-old Afro-Caribbean parkinsonian gentleman with intermittent Mobitz II heart block and syncope who received a DDD pacemaker. Due to Parkinson’s syndrome, the patient rotated the atrial lead around the pacemaker, causing the famous "Twiddler’s syndrome", a rare clinical issue which can easily be diagnosed with a simple chest X-ray. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]