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STOKES-ADAMS ATTACK [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Human Diseases - Various
CONT

Stokes-Adams Attack (Adams-Stokes Syndrome). Description: Complication of irregular heart beat. Cause: Sudden slowing of the heart beat from an electrical problem within the heart resulting in inadequate blood supply to the brain. Often occurs after a heart attack, may have no apparent cause, or may be due to a side-effect of medication.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
CONT

La maladie du pouls lent permanent (ou syndrome de Adams-Stokes). [...] Ce syndrome est caractérisé par un pouls lent à 40/mn et un ensemble d'accidents nerveux allant du vertige à la mort subite en passant par le voile noir, l'étourdissement bref, une pâleur fugace du visage, l'attaque d'épilepsie (crise convulsive), et la syncope en éclair avec chute .

Spanish

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