Utilizing intraluminal pressure differences to predict esophageal bolus flow dynamics

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 293, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Ghosh, Sudip K ^a   Kahrilas, Peter J ^a   Lodhia, Nilesh ^a   Pandolfino, John E ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal emptying; Fluoroscopy; High resolution manometry; Intraluminal pressure gradients

Indexed keywords

BARIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ESOPHAGEAL BOLUS FLOW DYNAMIC; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; FLOW KINETICS; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE PRESSURE; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MANOMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH EMPTYING;

ADULT; DEGLUTITION; ESOPHAGUS; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; STOMACH;

EID: 36148984169     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00384.2007     Document Type: Article

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