Use of an active fixation lead and a subpectoral pacemaker pocket may not avoid Twiddler's syndrome

• Main Authors: Floris E A Udink ten Cate (Author), Roland Adelmann (Author), Beate E Schmidt (Author), Narayanswami Sreeram (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Manipulation of a pacemaker with consequent malfunction of the device has been called Twiddler's syndrome. Use of active-fixation leads and subpectoral pacemaker pockets has been considered to help in avoiding this problem. We describe a child in whom twiddling was not prevented despite implant...