Failure to obtain a transoesophageal echocardiographic window because of a rolling hiatal hernia

Heart

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 88-89

  Cooke, Richard A ^a,b   Chambers, John B ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 0029816873     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.76.1.88     Document Type: Article

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