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Review
. 2017 Oct;34(10):1515-1518.
doi: 10.1111/echo.13671. Epub 2017 Sep 12.

"Diagnosis" of a hiatal hernia from a CT coronary artery calcium scan

Edmund Kenneth Kerut  1 , John T Balart  2
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Review

"Diagnosis" of a hiatal hernia from a CT coronary artery calcium scan

Edmund Kenneth Kerut et al. Echocardiography. 2017 Oct.

Abstract

Identification of a hiatal hernia by computed tomography (CT) scanning, and particularly with axial imaging from a coronary artery calcium score exam, is often subjective. There are several CT features that are diagnostic or at least suggestive of a hiatal hernia. As a hiatal hernia may be the etiology of a chest pain syndrome, it is important to be aware of CT findings suggestive of such.

Keywords: axial; computed tomography; hiatal hernia.

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