Clinical relevance of the nutcracker esophagus: Suggested revision of criteria for diagnosis

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 504-509

  Agrawal, Amit ^a   Hila, Amine ^a   Tutuian, Radu ^a   Mainie, Inder ^a   Castell, Donald O ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Esophageal motility; Impedance; Nutcracker esophagus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HIGH AMPLITUDE PERISTALTIC ESOPHAGEAL CONTRACTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHEST PAIN; DEGLUTITION; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PERISTALSIS; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33746493521     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200607000-00008     Document Type: Review

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