Episodic cardiac arrhythmia and accident rate.
The rate of accidents severe enough to require a roentgen examination was investigated in a series of patients with episodic cardiac arrhythmia of types causing Adams-Stokes' syndrome. The accident rate was doubled compared with controls without known Adams-Stokes' syndrome but the associated increase in fracture rate was not significant.
D000059:Accidents; D000219:Adams-Stokes Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D000368:Aged; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012306:Risk; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000209:etiology*