"Adams-Stokes Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D000219
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C14.280.067.558.137 C14.280.123.500.137 C23.550.073.425.025
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| Concept/Terms |
Adams-Stokes Syndrome- Adams-Stokes Syndrome
- Adams Stokes Syndrome
- Syndrome, Adams-Stokes
- Stokes-Adams Attacks
- Attacks, Stokes-Adams
- Stokes Adams Attacks
- Adam-Stokes Attacks
- Adam Stokes Attacks
- Attacks, Adam-Stokes
- Stokes-Adams Syndrome
- Stokes Adams Syndrome
- Syndrome, Stokes-Adams
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The pathophysiology of tachycardia-dependent paroxysmal atrioventricular block after acute myocardial ischemia. Experimental and clinical observations. Circulation. 1974 Sep; 50(3):515-28.