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Cardiopulmonary arrest secondary to compression of the heart owing to esophageal hiatal hernia: a case report

BACKGROUND: Esophageal hiatal hernia is commonly encountered in clinical practice. We describe a case of cardiac compression caused by an esophageal hiatal hernia that resulted in circulatory failure and cardiac arrest. CASE PRESENTATION: An 82‐year‐old woman presented to our hospital with vomiting,...

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Autores principales: Ohira, Shusaku, Okada, Yoshito, Ishida, Yosuke, Akiyama, Sojiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7750025/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33364036
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ams2.615