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==Background==
==Background==
*Implantable devices with attached wires traveling remotely are at risk.
*Implantable devices with attached wires traveling remotely are at risk for this complication.
*Device moves within subcutaneous pocket pulling wires back to device with intentional or unintentional movements.
*Device moves within subcutaneous pocket acting like fishing rod pulling wires back to the "pole."
*Wires dislodged from intended location in myocardium.
*Wires dislodged from appropriate location in myocardium, often by patient 'twiddling' a recently-implanted pacemaker.
 
[[File:Twiddler Syndrome.png|thumb|Twiddler Syndrome after large pocket and pacemaker wires spinning on themselves]]


==Clinical Features==
==Clinical Features==
*Pacemaker placed with poor function.
*Pacemaker placed with poor function.
*Can present with syncope from lack of pacemaker function.<ref>Annals of Emergency Medicine, Volume 65, Frizell AW et al, A Peculiar Pacemaker Problem, Copyright Elsevier 2015.</ref>
*Can present with [[syncope]] from lack of pacemaker function.
*Can present with symptoms related to stimulation of other structures (diaphragm, brachial plexus) as wires migrate from expected position.
*Can present with symptoms related to stimulation of other structures (diaphragm, brachial plexus) as wires migrate from expected position.


==Differential Diagnosis==
==Differential Diagnosis==
*Lead separation  
*Lead separation  
*Lead dislodgment
*Lead dislodgement
*Lead infection
*Lead infection  
*Lead fracture
*See also [[pacemaker malfunction]]


==Diagnosis==
==Evaluation==
*CXR to evaluate the lead location
[[File:PMC3487215 APC-5-203-g002.png|thumb|Wrapped pacemaker lead showing Twiddler's syndrome.]]
[[File:PMC4286824 JCIS-4-74-g022.png|thumb|Wrapped pacemaker lead showing Twiddler's syndrome.]]
*[[CXR]] to evaluate the placement of the leads


==Management==
==Management==
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==Disposition==
==Disposition==
*Admit for device revision
*Admit to allow for device intervention as pacemaker does not function in Twiddler's Syndrome


==See Also==
==See Also==
*[[Pacemaker complication]]
*[[Pacemaker complication]]
==External Links==
==External Links==


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[[Category:Cards]]
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Revisión actual - 18:41 26 sep 2019

Background

  • Implantable devices with attached wires traveling remotely are at risk for this complication.
  • Device moves within subcutaneous pocket acting like fishing rod pulling wires back to the "pole."
  • Wires dislodged from appropriate location in myocardium, often by patient 'twiddling' a recently-implanted pacemaker.

Clinical Features

  • Pacemaker placed with poor function.
  • Can present with syncope from lack of pacemaker function.
  • Can present with symptoms related to stimulation of other structures (diaphragm, brachial plexus) as wires migrate from expected position.

Differential Diagnosis

Evaluation

Wrapped pacemaker lead showing Twiddler's syndrome.
Wrapped pacemaker lead showing Twiddler's syndrome.
  • CXR to evaluate the placement of the leads

Management

  • Cardiologist for device/lead placement

Disposition

  • Admit to allow for device intervention as pacemaker does not function in Twiddler's Syndrome

See Also

External Links

References