Stokes Adams disease

Stokes Adams disease
Stokes Adams disease (syndrome)
(Kard) AdamsStokes-Syndrom n, Adams-Stokesscher Symptomenkomplex m

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  • Stokes Adams attack — Sudden collapse into unconsciousness due to a disorder of heart rhythm in which there is a slow or absent pulse resulting in syncope (fainting) with or without convulsions. In this condition, the normal heartbeat passing from the upper chambers… …   Medical dictionary

  • Stokes-Adams syndrome — noun recurrent sudden attacks of unconsciousness caused by impaired conduction of the impulse that regulates the heartbeat • Syn: ↑heart block, ↑Adams Stokes syndrome, ↑atrioventricular block • Hypernyms: ↑cardiac arrhythmia, ↑arrhythmia * * *… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Stokes-Adams syndrome — /stohks ad euhmz/, Med. unconsciousness accompanying atrioventricular heart block, sometimes characterized by weakness, irregular pulse, and intermittent convulsive or nonconvulsive seizures. Also, Stokes Adams disease, Adams Stokes syndrome,… …   Universalium

  • Adams-Stokes disease — Sudden collapse into unconsciousness due to a disorder of heart rhythm in which there is a slow or absent pulse resulting in syncope (fainting) with or without convulsions. In this condition, the normal heartbeat passing from the upper chambers… …   Medical dictionary

  • Adams, Robert — ▪ Irish physician born c. 1791, Ireland died Jan. 13, 1875, Dublin  clinician noted for his contributions to the knowledge of heart disease and gout. In 1827 he described a condition characterized by a very slow pulse and by transient giddiness… …   Universalium

  • Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… …   Medical dictionary

  • Adams-Stokes syndrome — noun recurrent sudden attacks of unconsciousness caused by impaired conduction of the impulse that regulates the heartbeat • Syn: ↑heart block, ↑Stokes Adams syndrome, ↑atrioventricular block • Hypernyms: ↑cardiac arrhythmia, ↑arrhythmia * * *… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Adams — Sir William, British surgeon, 1760–1829. Robert, Irish physician, 1791–1875. See A. Stokes disease, Stokes A. disease, A. Stokes syncope, A. Stokes syndrome, Stokes A. syndrome, Morgagni A. Stokes syndrome …   Medical dictionary

  • Adams-Stokes syndrome — /ad euhmz stohks / Pathol. See Stokes Adams syndrome. Also called Adams Stokes disease. * * * …   Universalium

  • Stokes — Sir George Gabriel, British physicist and mathematician, 1819–1903. See stoke, S. law (2), S. law (3). William, Irish physician, 1804–1878. See S. law (1), Cheyne S. psychosis, Cheyne S. respiration, S. Adams disease, Adams S. disease, Morgagni… …   Medical dictionary

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