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Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Arrhythmias, Cardiac > Heart Block > Adams-Stokes Syndrome
Cardiovascular Diseases > Heart Diseases > Arrhythmias, Cardiac > Heart Block > Adams-Stokes Syndrome
Cardiovascular Diseases > Heart Diseases > Cardiac Conduction System Disease > Heart Block > Adams-Stokes Syndrome

Preferred term

Adams-Stokes Syndrome  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

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

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

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

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000219

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