Open AccessIneffective oesophageal motility: Manometric subsets exhibit different symptom profiles
Author(s) -
Horst Haack,
Ross Hansen,
Allison Malcolm,
John Kellow
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.14.3719
Subject(s) - heartburn , dysphagia , medicine , gastroenterology , reflux , esophageal motility disorder , pathophysiology , chest pain , esophageal disease , esophagus , surgery , disease
To compare the demographic and clinical features of different manometric subsets of ineffective oesophageal motility (IOM; defined as > or = 30% wet swallows with distal contractile amplitude < 30 mmHg), and to determine whether the prevalence of gastro-oesophageal reflux differs between IOM subsets.