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Stokes-Adams syndrome (also called Adams-Stokes syndrome or cardiac syncope) is a sudden, brief loss of consciousness from a large drop in cardiac output. This happens because of an abnormal heart rhythm and a change in heart rate.
Adams–Stokes syndrome, Stokes–Adams syndrome, Gerbec–Morgagni–Adams–Stokes syndrome or GMAS syndrome is a periodic fainting spell in which there is intermittent complete heart block or other high-grade arrhythmia that results in loss of spontaneous circulation and inadequate blood flow to the brain.
Adams-Stokes syndrome, also known as Stokes-Adams syndrome and as Stokes-Adams attacks, is a condition that causes people to faint. It's often caused by an underlying heart condition....
Stokes-Adams syndrome is a condition where you suddenly feel faint and can pass out. It’s caused by a change in your heart rate. This affects how much blood flows to your brain...
The Stokes-Adams syndrome is an abrupt, transient loss of consciousness due to a sudden but pronounced decrease in the cardiac output, which is caused by a paroxysmal shift in the mechanism of the heart beat.
What Is Adams-Stokes Syndrome? Adams-Stokes syndrome describes periodic fainting, called syncope, that is due to slowing of the heart rate. Typically, the person’s heart rhythm will change. This syndrome is often associated with complete heart block.
Stokes-Adams attacks are also called Adams-Stokes, Morgagni, Morgagni-Adams-Stokes and Spens' syndrome. A classic Stokes-Adams attack is a collapse without warning.
Adams-Stokes syndrome. The treatment of ventricular asystole, ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation associated with complete heart block
Adams-Stokes syndrome is most frequent above fifty years of age but about 30 per cent of the patients had their first attack below fifty. Coronary heart disease dominated as an etiologic factor; next came myocardial infarction and, among women, valvular heart disease.
View in NLM Catalog. Add to search. Clinical Cardiology: The Stokes-Adams Syndrome—Definition and Etiology; Mechanisms and Treatment. Robert A O'Rourke.