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== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
Adams-Stokes syndrome is a sudden collapse into [[unconsciousness]] due to a disorder of [[heart rhythm]] causing heart blocks in which there is a slow or absent pulse resulting in decreased blood flow to the brain causing [[syncope]] (fainting) with or without [[convulsions]]. | Adams-Stokes syndrome is a sudden collapse into [[unconsciousness]] due to a disorder of [[heart rhythm]] causing heart blocks in which there is a slow or absent pulse resulting in decreased blood flow to the brain causing [[syncope]] (fainting) with or without [[convulsions]]. | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Adams-Stokes syndrome is a sudden collapse into unconsciousness due to a disorder of heart rhythm causing heart blocks in which there is a slow or absent pulse resulting in decreased blood flow to the brain causing syncope (fainting) with or without convulsions.