Syncope.-Syncope on effort is common in patients with severe aortic stenosis and may occur
also at rest. Various suggested mechanisms include Adams-Stokes attacks from heart-block …

Simultaneous, continuous ambulatory recordings of systemic and pulmonary arterial
pressure and heart rate were made in four patients with aortic valvular stenosis (AS) to …

We have reported a group of eleven patients who presented typical signs of stenosis of the
aortic orifice; seven of these were of the rheumatic type and four of the arteriosclerotic or …

A correlated study was made of the clinical manifestations and the electrocardiograms of 9
adult patients with aortic stenosis before, during and after the development of syncopal …

22 patients with syncope and significant aortic stenosis underwent electrophysiological
evaluation in addition to the hemodynamic study. Abnormalities of impulse formation or …

SYNCOPE as a manifestation of aortic stenosis was first mentioned by Cowper in 1706. 1
He described a patient with this disease who" complained of great faintness, and now and …

DISCUSSION DR. JOHN KING (Baltimore): Dr. Dexter showed you a curve indicating that
these people get into trouble between 50 and 70 years of age. Some yeais ago, we studied …

IN 1935 Marvin and Sullivan'called attention to the fact that patients with stenosed aortic
valves are liable to die unexpectedly and suddenly. It had not, until then, been widely known …

FIG. 1.-Electrocardiograms in aortic stenosis:(A) immediately before exercise,(B) on recovery
of consciousness after effort syncope, and (C) on the day after the attack. The records show …

1416 history of heart disease. She lost consciousness soon after the cessation of walking in
April 1987. About 5 min later, she regained consciousness. She did well for 3 months, but …