SINDROM ADAMS-STOKES SINDROM ADAMS-STOKES, [Robert Adams, medic ir(andez, 1798-1875; William Stokes, medic viande.z,, 1804-1878.] Accident neurologic paroxistic reprezentand o complicatie a *blocului atrio-ventricular complet permanent sau paroxistic. Se manifesta prin vertij, sincopa, criza convulsiva sau, uneori, moarte subita. Aceste semne traduc o insuficienta circulatorie acuta, frecvent spontan regresiva, determinata de reducerea extrema a frec-ventei ventriculare, stop cardiac sau, mai rar, de o tahicardie paroxistica ventriculara. Sin.: boala Adams-Stokes, sindrom Morgagn i-Adams-Stokes.