Left atrium compression due to oesophageal dilation can induce acute heart failure.
Department of Cardiology, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
Keisuke
K
Nakabayashi
Department of Cardiology, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
Tetsuo
T
Hirata
Department of Cardiology, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
Toshiaki
T
Oka
D000208:Acute Disease; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D014463:Ultrasonography