Massive hiatus hernia impeding transoesophageal echocardiography in a patient with swallow-syncope syndrome

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 216-217

  Karamitsos, Theodoros D ^a,b,c   Arnold, Jayanth R ^a,b   Rider, Oliver J ^a,b   Francis, Jane M ^a,b   Ferrett, Colin ^b   Neubauer, Stefan ^a,b   Becher, Harald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance; Echocardiography; Hiatus hernia; Left atrial mass

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STOMACH; SWALLOW SYNCOPE SYNDROME; SYNCOPE; THORACIC CAVITY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HERNIA, HIATAL; HUMANS; SYNCOPE; SYNDROME;

EID: 66949130743     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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