Adams-Stokes disease


Stokes-Adams disease

 [stōks´ ad´amz] a condition due to heart block and marked by slow or absent pulse, vertigo, syncope, and sometimes convulsions and Cheyne-Stokes respiration; called also Adams-Stokes disease.

Ad·ams-Stokes syn·drome

(a'dămz stōks), a syndrome characterized by slow or absent pulse, vertigo, syncope, convulsions, and sometimes Cheyne-Stokes respiration; usually results from advanced AV block or sick sinus syndrome. Synonym(s): Adams-Stokes disease, Morgagni disease, Morgagni-Adams-Stokes syndrome, Spens syndrome, Stokes-Adams disease, Stokes-Adams syndrome

Ad·ams-Stokes syn·drome

(ad'ămz-stōks sin'drōm) A disorder characterized by slow or absent pulse, vertigo, syncope, convulsions, and sometimes Cheyne-Stokes respiration; usually as a result of advanced A-V block or sick sinus syndrome.
Synonym(s): Adams-Stokes disease, Morgagni disease, Spens syndrome, Stokes-Adams syndrome.

Adams,

Robert, Irish physician, 1791-1875. Adams-Stokes disease - Synonym(s): Adams-Stokes syndromeAdams-Stokes syncope - syncope due to complete atrioventricular block.Adams-Stokes syndrome - characterized by slow or absent pulse, vertigo, syncope, convulsions, and sometimes Cheyne-Stokes respiration. Synonym(s): Adams-Stokes disease; Morgagni-Adams-Stokes syndrome; Morgagni disease; Spens syndrome; Stokes-Adams disease; Stokes-Adams syndromeMorgagni-Adams-Stokes syndrome - Synonym(s): Adams-Stokes syndromeStokes-Adams disease - Synonym(s): Adams-Stokes syndromeStokes-Adams syndrome - Synonym(s): Adams-Stokes syndrome

Stokes,

William, Irish physician, 1804-1878. Adams-Stokes disease - Synonym(s): Adams-Stokes syndromeAdams-Stokes syncope - see under Adams, RobertAdams-Stokes syndrome - see under Adams, RobertCheyne-Stokes breathing - Synonym(s): Cheyne-Stokes respirationCheyne-Stokes psychosis - see under CheyneCheyne-Stokes respiration - see under CheyneMorgagni-Adams-Stokes syndrome - Synonym(s): Adams-Stokes syndromeStokes law - a muscle lying above an inflamed mucous or serous membrane is frequently the seat of paralysis.Stokes-Adams disease - Synonym(s): Adams-Stokes syndromeStokes-Adams syndrome - Synonym(s): Adams-Stokes syndrome