title: An unusual echocardiographic image of a hiatal hernia.
abstract: Diagnosis of a hiatal hernia (HH) is typically made using an upper gastro-intestinal barium X-ray. A complementary test is gastroscopy or upper-intestinal endoscopy. There are reports in which HH has been diagnosed by echocardiography. We here describe a case of a HH visible on an echocardiogram in a female with palpitations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Experimental Medicine, Section of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Brescia, Italy. ivano.bonadei@libero.it
authors.forename: Ivano
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bonadei
authors.forename: Cristian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Maiandi
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vizzardi
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: D'Aloia
authors.forename: Livio
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dei Cas
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006551:Hernia, Hiatal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged