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Stokes-Adams syndrome

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Stokes-Adams syndrome [¦stōks ′ad·əmz ‚sin‚drōm]
(medicine)
Syncopic or convulsive attacks occurring in patients with complete heart block.


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James had been diagnosed as having Stokes-Adams syndrome, a condition in which slowness of the pulse is associated with attacks of unconsciousness.
They were due to Stokes-Adams syndrome, which causes a slow heart rate.
His heartbeat reduced to 20 beats per minute (a healthy heart beats 60-100 times per minute) and he was afflicted by frequent fainting spells, called Stokes-Adams syndrome.
 
 
 
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