© 2005 Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
CASE REPORT
Recurrent acute heart failure caused by sliding hiatus hernia
Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Dr H-F Tse
Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China; hftse{at}hkucc.hku.hk
The case is reported of a 75 year old woman who presented with recurrent nocturnal episodes of acute pulmonary oedema. The cause was uncertain as she had normal cardiothoracic ratio on chest radiography and normal left ventricular systolic and diastolic function by transthoracic echocardiogram. Another transthoracic echocardiogram was repeated when she was recumbent for an hour and had a full stomach. It showed a striking finding of severe left atrial compression by an external structure. Computed tomography of the thorax showed an intrathoracic mass behind the left atrium causing external compression of the left atrium suggestive of a sliding hiatus hernia. Cardiac catheterisation confirmed the diagnosis by showing a pronounced rise of pulmonary capillary wedge pressure in the recumbent position compared with the sitting up position.
Keywords: hiatus hernia; recurrent acute heart failure; left atrial compression
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