title: Paraesophageal hernia may prevent cardiac imaging by transesophageal echocardiography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, New York University Medical Center, NY.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Freedberg
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weinreb
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gluck
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kronzon
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004452:Echocardiography; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000150:complications*; D006551:Hernia, Hiatal / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography