Adams-Stokes syndrome

Adams-Stokes syndrome
Adams-Stokes syndrome n STOKES-ADAMS SYNDROME

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episodic cardiac arrest and syncope due to failure of normal and escape pacemakers, with or without ventricular fibrillation; it is the principal clinical manifestation of severe heart block. Called also Adams-Stokes syncope, Morgagni-Adams-Stokes s., and Stokes-Adams s. or syncope.

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

  • Adams-Stokes syndrome — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 12443 ICD10 = ICD10|I|45|9|i|30 ICD9 = ICD9|426.9 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D000219The term Stokes Adams Attack refers to a sudden, transient… …   Wikipedia

  • Adams-Stokes syndrome — see Stokes Adams syndrome …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • Morgagni-Adams-Stokes syndrome — Mor·ga·gni Ad·ams Stokes syndrome (mor gahґnye adґəmz stōksґ) [G.B. Morgagni; Robert Adams, Irish physician, 1791–1875; William Stokes, Irish physician, 1804–1878] Adams Stokes syndrome; see under syndrome …   Medical dictionary

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  • Adams-Stokes attack — n STOKES ADAMS SYNDROME R. Adams see STOKES ADAMS SYNDROME J. Stokes see CHEYNE STOKES RESPIRATION * * * an episode of syncope in Adams Stokes syndrome …   Medical dictionary

  • Stokes-Adams attack syndrome (syncope) — Stokes Ad·ams attack, syndrome (syncope) (stōksґ adґəmz) [W. Stokes; Robert Adams, Irish physician, 1791–1875] see Adams Stokes attack, under attack and Adams Stokes syndrome, under syndrome …   Medical dictionary

  • Adams-Stokes-Anfall — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 I45.9 Kardiale Erregungsleitungsstörung, nicht näher bezeichnet …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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