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Esophageal motility disorders in systemic sclerosis
PAMJ Clinical Medicine, 2020 Systemic sclerosis is an autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and tissue fibrosis. Esophageal disorders are often associated. The diagnosis is confirmed and characterized by high-resolution esophageal manometry (HRM).
Sara Ghani +4 more
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BMC Gastroenterology, 2023 Background Esophageal motility disorders are a group of disorders associated with dysfunctional swallowing resulting from impaired neuromuscular coordination. Phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE-5) inhibitors induce smooth relaxation and are proposed as a treatment
Arman Shafiee +4 more
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A functional study of the esophagus in patients with non-cardiac chest pain and dysphagia [PDF]
, 2015 Background/Aims: Nutcracker esophagus and non-specific motility disorders are the main causes of non-cardiac chest pain (NCCP), with gastroesophageal reflux in 60% of cases. Achalasia and diffuse esophageal spasm are the most frequent anomalies described
ALMASIO, Pier Luigi +7 more
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Lymphocytic Esophagitis in Nonachalasia Primary Esophageal Motility Disorders: Improved Criteria, Prevalence, Strength of Association, and Natural History. [PDF]
, 2016 Lymphocytic esophagitis (LE) is a histologic pattern with no established clinical correlates in the majority of patients. The goal of this study was to evaluate the association between nonachalasia primary esophageal motility disorders (PEMD) and LE ...
Brickley, Elizabeth B +8 more
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Journal of Digestive Endoscopy, 2017 Aims and Objective: High‑resolution esophageal manometry is the most important investigation for the evaluation of patients with dysphagia and noncardiac chest pain (NCCP).
Rinkesh Kumar Bansal +6 more
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Atrioventricular canal defect and genetic syndromes: the unifying role of sonic hedgehog [PDF]
, 2019 The atrioventricular canal defect (AVCD) is a congenital heart defect (CHD) frequently associated with extracardiac anomalies (75%). Previous observations from a personal series of patients with AVCD and "polydactyly syndromes" showed that the distinct ...
Baban, A +9 more
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WHAT IS THE REAL IMPAIRMENT ON ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY IN PATIENTS WITH GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE?
Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, 2013 Context Impairment of esophageal motility is a common finding in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) as reduced lower esophageal sphincter (LES) basal pressure.
Angela FALCÃO +4 more
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Dysphagia in children with esophageal atresia: current diagnostic options [PDF]
, 2015 © 2017 Georg Thieme Verlag KGDysphagia or swallowing disorder is very common (range, 15–52%) in patients with esophageal atresia. Children present with a wide range of symptoms.
Allegaert, K +3 more
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Esophageal motility after gastric bypass in Roux-en-Y for morbid obesity: high resolution manometry findings [PDF]
, 2013 BACKGROUND: Bariatric operations may alter esophageal motility; however, there is a paucity of studies of the esophageal motility with high resolution manometry.
Cassão, Bruna Dell'acqua +3 more
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