title: Cardiac compression and decompensation due to hiatus hernia.
abstract: A seventy-seven year old man with long standing hiatus hernia, coronary artery disease and pulmonary fibrosis developed left atrial compression from incarceration of a paraesophageal hernia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Hunt
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Gilchrist
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Hirji
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications*; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D004630:Emergencies; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006551:Hernia, Hiatal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed