Stokes-Adams syndrome

American  

[stohks-ad-uhmz] / ˈstoʊksˈæd əmz /

noun

Pathology.

1. unconsciousness accompanying atrioventricular heart block, sometimes characterized by weakness, irregular pulse, and intermittent convulsive or nonconvulsive seizures.

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Etymology

Origin of Stokes-Adams syndrome

Named after W. Stokes (1804–78), and R. Adams (1791–1875), Irish physicians

Example Sentences

Stokes-Adams disease, or the Stokes-Adams syndrome, is a name applied to a combination of symptoms which was described by Stokes in 1846, and had been observed by Adams in 1827.

From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)

It should never be given to patients with very slow pulses, the subjects of Stokes-Adams syndrome.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall

So far as we now know all cases of the Stokes-Adams syndrome are caused by heart block which is only another name for disease in the auriculoventricular bundle.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall

The case was that of a woman forty-five years old, "who had a series of attacks of prolonged cardiac syncope, closely resembling Stokes-Adams syndrome, from which she recovered."

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall