Echocardiographic aspects of hiatal hernia: A review

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 196-203

  Khouzam, Rami N ^a   Akhtar, Asif ^a   Minderman, Daniel ^a   Kaiser, Jacqueline ^a   D'Cruz, Ivan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyspnea; Hiatal hernia; Left atrium; Syncope; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ASCITES; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOVASCULAR SYMPTOM; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; DIAPHRAGM RUPTURE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EDEMA; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION DISORDER; REVIEW; SINUS ARREST; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ASCITES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HERNIA, HIATAL; HUMANS;

EID: 34248593348     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20312     Document Type: Review

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