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CC BY 4.0 · Aorta (Stamford) 2018; 06(04): 107-108
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1679910
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A Pushed Descending Aorta due to Hiatal Hernia

Cetin Gecmen
1   Department of Cardiology, Kartal Kosuyolu Heart and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
,
Muzaffer Kahyaoglu
1   Department of Cardiology, Kartal Kosuyolu Heart and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
,
Arzu Kalayci
1   Department of Cardiology, Kartal Kosuyolu Heart and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
,
Ender Ozgun Cakmak
1   Department of Cardiology, Kartal Kosuyolu Heart and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
,
Ozkan Candan
1   Department of Cardiology, Kartal Kosuyolu Heart and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
,
Ahmet Guner
1   Department of Cardiology, Kartal Kosuyolu Heart and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
,
Ibrahim Akin Izgi
1   Department of Cardiology, Kartal Kosuyolu Heart and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
,
Cevat Kirma
1   Department of Cardiology, Kartal Kosuyolu Heart and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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01 June 2017

05 November 2018

Publication Date:
08 March 2019 (online)

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Abstract

A 91-year-old female patient was admitted to hospital for evaluation of transcatheter aortic valve implantation. A chest radiography showed a hiatal hernia, and the stomach and duodenum appeared in the thoracic cavity. The descending aorta was pushed by the stomach and duodenum.

Keywords

descending aorta - aortic displacement - hiatal hernia