Stokes-Adams Attacks:

Terms Related to Stokes-Adams Attacks

• Atrioventricular Block

  Impairment of conduction in heart excitation. It is often applied specifically to atrioventricular heart block. (Dorland, 27th ed)

• Stokes Adams Syncope

  A transient loss of consciousness and postural tone caused by diminished blood flow to the brain (i.e., BRAIN ISCHEMIA). Presyncope refers to the sensation of ...

• Torsades de Pointe

  A ventricular tachycardia characterized by periodic twisting of the points of the QRS complexes and rates between 200 and 250 beats per minute. It may ...

• Ventricular Tachycardia

  An abnormally rapid ventricular rhythm with wide QRS complexes, usually in excess of 150 per minute. It is generated within the ventricle, below the BUNDLE ...

• Crescendo Transient Ischemic Attacks

  Brief reversible episodes of focal, nonconvulsive ischemic dysfunction of the brain having a duration of less than 24 hours, and usually less than one hour, ...