Dynamic electrocardiographic changes due to cardiac compression by a giant hiatal hernia

Internal Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 136-140

  Hokamaki, Jun ^a   Kawano, Hiroaki ^a   Miyamoto, Shinzo ^a   Sugiyama, Seigo ^a   Fukushima, Ryuichiro ^a   Sakamoto, Tomohiro ^a   Yoshimura, Michihiro ^a   Ogawa, Hisao ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Edema; Electrocardiographic changes; Giant hiatal hernia

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; AGED; ANASARCA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PERICARDITIS; RISK REDUCTION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART; HEART DISEASES; HERNIA, HIATAL; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 14944379607     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.44.136     Document Type: Article

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