Kinetics of transient hiatus hernia during transient lower esophageal sphincter relaxations and swallows in healthy subjects

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Lee, Y Y ^a,b   Whiting, J G H ^c   Robertson, E V ^a   Derakhshan, M H ^a   Wirz, A A ^a   Smith, D ^d   Morrison, D ^e   Kelman, A ^a   Connolly, P ^c   Mccoll, K E L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gastro esophageal junction; Hall effect; Hiatus hernia; Phreno esophageal ligament; Swallows; Transient lower esophageal sphincter relaxation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPE; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINETICS; LIGAMENT; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MANOMETER; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHRENOESOPHAGEAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSOR; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SWALLOWING;

ADULT; AGED; DEGLUTITION; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; HERNIA, HIATAL; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOELECTRIC COMPLEX, MIGRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867538668     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2012.01948.x     Document Type: Article

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