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Unusual lead helix damage due to 'Selective' Reel syndrome
Enes Elvin Gul1, Benedict Glover1, Adrian Baranchuk1
1Heart Rhythm Service, Kingston General Hospital, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal
|April 13, 2017
Abstract:
Oblivious manipulation of the device by the patient is referred to as "Twiddler's" syndrome. It is characterized by the coiling of the pacemaker lead due to the rotation of the pacemaker generator on its long axis. However, the rotation of the pacemaker generator on its transverse axis with subsequent coiling of the pacemaker leads around the pulse generator is called as ''Reel syndrome''. In this case, we present a 69-year-old patient with 'selective' Reel syndrome and postulate the possible explanation for damaged atrial lead.