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Lisa Ashton

Lecturer BSc Healthcare Science (Cardiac Physiology), School of Medicine, University of Leeds

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Extreme pacemaker reel syndrome in an elderly patient with cognitive impairment

A wheelchair-bound 82-year-old female with documented dementia presented to the emergency department (ED) following syncopal episodes. Eight months earlier a single-chamber VVI pacemaker had been...

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