Recurrent acute heart failure caused by sliding hiatus hernia

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 954, 2005, Pages 268-269

  Siu, C W ^a   Jim, M H ^a   Ho, H H ^a   Chu, F ^a   Chan, H W ^a   Lau, C P ^a   Tse, H F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; AGED; ANKLE EDEMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; LUNG EDEMA; PLEURA EFFUSION; RECUMBENCY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HERNIA, HIATAL; HUMANS; PULMONARY EDEMA; RECURRENCE;

EID: 17444367005     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2004.023416     Document Type: Article

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