Oesophageal wall stress and muscle hypertrophy in high amplitude oesophageal contractions

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 791-799

  Puckett, J L ^a   Bhalla, V ^b   Liu, J ^a,b   Kassab, G ^c   Mittal, R K ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

High amplitude oesophageal contractions; Hypertrophy; Oesophageal muscle remodelling; Ultrasound imaging; Wall stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MANOMETRY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; THICKNESS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PERISTALSIS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 28544451848     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2005.00693.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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