"Drop Attacks " in Cyanotic Congenital Heart-Disease

Evans, David W.; Brenner, O.

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(61)90525-6

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“…Falling to the ground without immediately discernible reason has been ascribed to many causes-such as, atherosclerotic ver-Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, Derby tebrobasilar insufficiency (Williams and Wilson, 1962;Kubala and Millikan, 1964), cervical spondylosis with constriction of the vertebral artery (Sheehan et al, 1960), tumours in the region of the foramen magnum (Kremer, 1958), colloid cyst of the third ventricle (Kelly, 1951), menopausal muscular dystrophy (Shy and McEachern, 1951), congenital heart disease (Evans and Bremner, 1961), myxoedema (Jellinek, 1962), vestibular disease (J. N. Blau, personal communication, 1972), progressive supranuclear palsy, (Steele et al, 1964), old age (Sheldon, 1960), epilepsy (Lennox and Lennox, 1960), and subconscious guilt (Leuba, 1950). Nevertheless, as Kremer (1958) pointed out, such falls usually remain unexplained.…”

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Cryptogenic Drop Attacks: An Affliction of Women

Stevens¹,

Matthews²

1973

BMJ

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In all but one patient, falls occurred only when walking. They were not due to wearing high-heeled shoes. The average age at onset was 44 5 years and in younger women onset was often during pregnancy. The accepted causes of drop attacks were not found with certainty in any of these patients.The sex incidence and the circumstances of the falls suggest that the cause may lie in differences between the two sexes in the mechanism of walking rather than in any central disturbance. Drop attacks in women commonly occur as an isolated symptom for many years, and although distressig have no serious prognostic implicatio

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Cryptogenic Drop Attacks: An Affliction of Women

Stevens¹,

Matthews²

1973

BMJ

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“…Hunt 13 first described static seizures in 1926 as a manifestation of epilepsy characterized by sudden loss of postural control. Evans and Brenner 14 subsequently described three young patients with cyanotic congenital heart disease in whom drop attacks occurred while walking. Two of the patients were mildly anemic.…”

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The Drop Attack

Lipsitz

1983

J American Geriatrics Society

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While the "drop attack" has been described in the British literature as a classic geriatric syndrome accounting for as many as one-quarter of all falls in their elderly population, it is rarely acknowledged in discussions of falls by physicians in the United States. Is the drop attack a distinct entity that has been overlooked and under-investigated in this country, or is it perhaps a symptom of a spectrum of diseases? This paper reviews the original descriptions of the drop attack for its characteristic features, and focuses on the epidemiology, etiology and clinical management of this common, but infrequently recognized, event.

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Diagnosis, Pathogenesis, and Treatment of "Drop Attacks"

Kubala¹,

Millikan²

1964

Archives of Neurology

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"Drop Attacks " in Cyanotic Congenital Heart-Disease

Cited by 5 publications

References 4 publications

Cryptogenic Drop Attacks: An Affliction of Women

Cryptogenic Drop Attacks: An Affliction of Women

The Drop Attack

Diagnosis, Pathogenesis, and Treatment of "Drop Attacks"

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