Meaning Adams-Stokes disease
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Adams-Stokes disease


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 of the heart to the lower chambers is interrupted. This results in a condition called a "heart block [..]
Source: medicinenet.com

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Adams-Stokes disease


<syndrome> Transient asystole or ventricular fibrillation in the presence of atrioventricular block. (12 Dec 1998)
Source: mondofacto.com




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