A RARE CAUSE OF INAPPROPRIATE SHOCKS OF A N IMPLANTABLE AUTOMATIC DEFIBRILLATOR - TWIDDLERS SYNDROME

Authors
DEFAYE P ORMEZZANO O DEHARO JC DENIS B
Citation
P. Defaye et al., A RARE CAUSE OF INAPPROPRIATE SHOCKS OF A N IMPLANTABLE AUTOMATIC DEFIBRILLATOR - TWIDDLERS SYNDROME, Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux, 90(7), 1997, pp. 999-1002
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System","Peripheal Vascular Diseas
Journal title
Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux → ACNP
ISSN journal
00039683
Volume
90
Issue
7
Year of publication
1997
Pages
999 - 1002
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9683(1997)90:7<999:ARCOIS>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
The authors report the case of a patient with an automatic defibrillat or implanted by an endocavitary approach. The device emitted a series of inappropriate shocks. They were triggered by the detection of myopo tentials resulting from lesions of the lead due to Twiddler's syndrome . This was reproduced by telemetry in real time and confirmed by chest and abdominal X-ray and the peroperative findings. Treatment consiste d of ablation of all implanted material which was replaced by a new re tropectoral model.