Massive hiatal hernia and thoracic stomach illustrated by barium swallow during left atrial catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation

Circulation

Volumn 118, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 2011-2012

  Good, Eric ^a,b   Wells, Darryl ^a   Cronin, Paul ^a   Morady, Fred ^a   Oral, Hakan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CVC Cardiovascular Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH PARESIS; THORAX; CHRONIC DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS; HOSPITALIZATION; RADIOGRAPHY; STOMACH;

BARIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BARIUM; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS; HERNIA, HIATAL; HUMANS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STOMACH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 57149135745     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.789909     Document Type: Article

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