Stokes-Adams syndrome

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Stokes-Ad·ams syndrome (st

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An occasional temporary stoppage or extreme slowing of the pulse as a result of heart block, causing dizziness, fainting, and sometimes convulsions.

[After William Stokes (1804-1878) and Robert Adams (1791-1875), Irish physicians.]

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Stokes-Adams syndrome - recurrent sudden attacks of unconsciousness caused by impaired conduction of the impulse that regulates the heartbeat

Adams-Stokes syndrome, atrioventricular block, heart block

arrhythmia, cardiac arrhythmia - an abnormal rate of muscle contractions in the heart

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