Cardiac pacemaker dysfunction due to rotation of the battery (reel syndrome)

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Milton Ernesto Guevara-Valdivia
<p>Departamento de Electrofisiolog&iacute;a Cardiaca, Hospital de Especialidades, Centro M&eacute;dico Nacional La Raza, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Ciudad de M&eacute;xico</p>

Grisel Erín Leal-Ortiz
<p>Servicio de Electrofisiolog&iacute;a y Estimulaci&oacute;n Cardiaca,&nbsp;Hospital de Especialidades, Centro M&eacute;dico Nacional La Raza, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social,&nbsp;Ciudad de M&eacute;xico</p>

Iván Bonilla-Morales
<p>Servicio de Electrofisiolog&iacute;a y Estimulaci&oacute;n Cardiaca,&nbsp;Hospital de Especialidades, Centro M&eacute;dico Nacional La Raza, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social,&nbsp;Ciudad de M&eacute;xico</p>

Keywords

Pacemaker, artificial, Equipment failure, Electrodes, implanted, Foreign-body migration

Abstract

Reel syndrome is characterized by the rotation of permanent pacemaker generator on its transverse axis and electrode catheters curl around it, so this causes displacement of the electrodes with the loss of atrial and ventricular pacing. It can cause symptoms due to dysfunction of the pacemaker and can be serious even those patients dependent on the pacemaker. We present three patient cases who after the placement of pacemaker attended by disfunction of the displacement of the electrodes their clinical pictures were compatible with reel syndrome.

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Guevara-Valdivia ME, Leal-Ortiz GE, Bonilla-Morales I. Cardiac pacemaker dysfunction due to rotation of the battery (reel syndrome). Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc [Internet]. 2017 Jan. 30 [cited 2025 Jul. 15];50(2):209-12. Available from: https://revistamedica.imss.gob.mx/index.php/revista_medica/article/view/1226