Large hiatus hernia compressing the heart and impairing the respiratory function: A case report

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-34

  Ito, Hisao ^a,c   Kitami, Masahiro ^a   Ohgi, Shie ^a   Ohe, Hiroo ^b   Ozoe, Akiyuki ^a   Sasaki, Hidehiko ^a   Konnai, Toshiaki ^a  

^a Miyagi Prefectural Semine Hospital   (Japan)

^b Iwate Prefectural Iwai Hospital   (Japan)

^c Miyagi Prefectural Semine Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complication (mixed type hiatus hernia); Computed tomography (spiral, three dimensional); Echocardiography, transthoracic

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BREATHING DISORDER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HERNIA, HIATAL; HUMANS; PRESSURE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 0037268695     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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