Open AccessSurgical risk for patients with Chagasic achalasia and its correlation with the degree of esophageal dilation
Author(s) -
José Garcia Neto,
Roberto de Cleva,
Bruno Zilberstein,
Joaquim Gama-Rodrigues
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v11.i37.5840
Subject(s) - medicine , achalasia , esophagus , megaesophagus , cardiology , surgery , gastroenterology
To analyze the risk of cardiovascular complications in patients with indication for surgical treatment of Chagasic esophageal achalasia and to correlate the surgical risks with the degree of esophageal dilation, thereby proposing a risk scale index.