Hiatal hernia presenting as a left atrial mass |
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| Authors: | Jagadeesh Kumar Kalavakunta Jose Ricardo F. Po |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Cardiology, Ascension Borgess Medical Center, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker School of Medicine, Michigan State University, Kalamazoo Michigan, USA |
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| Abstract: | Cardiac masses pose diagnostic challenges. We present a 62‐year‐old woman presented for evaluation of chest pain and palpitations. Transthoracic echocardiography showed left atrial mass, which was subsequently identified as hiatal hernia by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. |
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| Keywords: | cardiac magnetic resonance imaging cardiac mass echocardiography hiatal hernia |
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