Browsing by Subject "Hiatal hernia"

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    A Rare Case of Transient Inferior ST Segment Elevation
    (Wolters Kluwer, 2013) Basir, Babar; Safadi, Bilal; Kovacs, Richard J.; Tahir, Bilal; Medicine, School of Medicine
    The investigators review the electrocardiographic manifestations of hiatal hernia and describe the case of an 86-year-old male who presented with a large distended hiatal hernia causing electrocardiographic findings of new onset ST segment elevation of the inferior leads without reciprocal changes. After decompression, the patient's electrocardiogram demonstrated resolution of the ST segment elevation.
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    Life threatening nontraumatic tension gastrothorax
    (Wiley, 2018-03-08) El Hajj, Ihab I.; McCabe, Marshall; Ceppa, DuyKhanh P.; Fridell, Jonathan A.; Sherman, Stuart; Medicine, School of Medicine
    Tension gastrothorax is a rare condition, which poses a diagnostic dilemma and can be mistaken for a tension pneumothorax. Awareness of the risk factors, clinical presentation, and radiology findings of tension gastrothorax can help with the prompt identification and successful management of this life-threatening condition.