Postprandial cardiogenic syncope caused by gastric polyp-induced pyloric obstruction in an elderly woman with a giant hiatal hernia: a case report

BACKGROUND: Hiatal hernias are common. In some reports, hiatal hernias have been implicated in causing dyspnea, syncope, and heart failure. CASE PRESENTATION: An 82-year-old woman with a hiatal hernia was admitted to our hospital because she had experienced postprandial syncope during the last few y...

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Autores principales: Saito, Hideyuki, Miyazaki, Tatsuya, Sohda, Makoto, Sakai, Makoto, Honjyo, Hiroaki, Kumakura, Yuuji, Yoshida, Tomonori, Yokobori, Takehiko, Kurosawa, Koji, Kuwano, Hiroyuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5729177/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29238893
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40792-017-0403-2

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