Diseases

Adams-Stokes Syndrome

A condition of fainting spells caused by heart block, often an atrioventricular block, that leads to BRADYCARDIA and drop in CARDIAC OUTPUT. When the cardiac output becomes too low, the patient faints (SYNCOPE). In some cases, the syncope attacks are transient and in others cases repetitive and persistent.

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A condition of fainting spells caused by heart block, often an atrioventricular block, that leads to BRADYCARDIA and drop in CARDIAC OUTPUT. When the cardiac output becomes too low, the patient faints (SYNCOPE). In some cases, the syncope attacks are transient and in others cases repetitive and persistent.

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  • Adam-Stokes Attacks
  • Stokes-Adams Attacks
  • Stokes-Adams Syndrome
  • Adam Stokes Attacks
  • Adams Stokes Syndrome
  • Attacks, Adam-Stokes
  • Attacks, Stokes-Adams
  • Stokes Adams Attacks
  • Stokes Adams Syndrome
  • Syndrome, Adams-Stokes
  • Syndrome, Stokes-Adams

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

65(63); was see under HEART BLOCK 1963-64

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WG 330.5.H4

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Adams-Stokes Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000219. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000219
  2. Adams-Stokes Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams%E2%80%93Stokes_syndrome
  3. Adams-Stokes Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q277254