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
Stokes-Adams syndrome — Adams Stokes syndrome attacks of temporary loss of consciousness (syncope) that occur when blood flow ceases due to severe bradycardia. This syndrome may complicate heart block. It is treated by means of a battery operated pacemaker [Stokes… … The new mediacal dictionary
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
Adams-Stokes attack syndrome (syncope) — Ad·ams Stokes attack, syndrome (syncope) (adґəmz stōksґ) [Robert Adams, Irish physician, 1791–1875; William Stokes, Irish physician, 1804–1878] see under attack and 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
Stokes-Adams syncope — Adams Stokes syndrome … Medical dictionary
Синдром Стокса-Адамса (Stokes-Adams Syndrome), Синдром Адамса-Стокса (Adamsstokes Syndrome) — полная атриовентрикулярная сердечная блокада ред.; приступы временной потери сознания, развивающиеся в результате прекращения кровотока во время желудочковой фибрилляции или асистолы. Данный синдром иногда осложняется блокадой сердца. Для лечения … Медицинские термины
Adams-Stokes syndrome — n STOKES ADAMS SYNDROME * * * see Stokes Adams syndrome * * * 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 … Medical dictionary
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
