Cardiac compression and decompensation due to hiatus hernia

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 295-296

  Hunt, G S ^a   Gilchrist, D M ^a   Hirji, M K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac compression; Paraesophageal hernia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPRESSION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; MALE;

ADULT; CORONARY DISEASE; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCIES; FATAL OUTCOME; HERNIA, HIATAL; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029929622     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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