Correlation between pathological distal esophageal acid exposure and ineffective esophageal motility
Author(s) -
Gomes de,
Rosa da,
Thiago Mamôru Sakae,
Aleksandar Simić,
Ricachenevsky Gurski
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
acta chirurgica iugoslavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0887
pISSN - 0354-950X
DOI - 10.2298/aci1002037d
Subject(s) - gastroenterology , medicine , reflux , gerd , univariate analysis , esophagitis , esophageal motility disorder , reflux esophagitis , hiatal hernia , logistic regression , pathological , esophageal ph monitoring , esophageal sphincter , multivariate analysis , disease
To assess the correlation between esophageal dysmotility, characterized as inefficient esophageal motility (IEM), and the presence of pathological acid reflux due to a structurally defective lower esophageal sphincter (LES), hiatus hernia. (HH), or esophagitis in patients with suspected gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
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