Gastroenterology
Volume 134, Issue 1 , Pages 16-18 , January 2008

Challenging the Limits of Esophageal Manometry

  • Peter J. Kahrilas

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to Peter J. Kahrilas, MD, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, 676 St Clair St, Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2951.
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  • Sudip K. Ghosh
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  • John E. Pandolfino

References 

  1. Clouse RE, Staiano A, Alrakawi A, et al. Application of topographical methods to clinical esophageal manometry. Am J Gastroenterol. 2000;95:2720–2730
  2. Ghosh SK, Pandolfino JE, Zhang Q, et al. Quantifying esophageal peristalsis with high-resolution manometry: a study of 75 asymptomatic volunteers. Am J Physiol. 2006;290:G988–G997
  3. Ghosh SK, Pandolfino JE, Rice J, et al. Impaired deglutitive EGJ relaxation in clinical esophageal manometry: a quantitative analysis of 400 patients and 75 controls. Am J Physiol. 2007;293:G878–G885
  4. Ghosh SK, Kahrilas PJ, Lodhia N, et al. Utilizing intraluminal pressure differences to predict esophageal bolus flow dynamics. Am J Physiol. 2007;293:G1023–G1028
  5. Pandolfino JE, Ghosh SK, Rice J, et al. Classifying esophageal motility by pressure topography characteristics: a study of 400 patients and 75 controls. Am J Gastroenterol. 2007;Sep 27; [Epub ahead of print].
  6. Kahrilas PJ, Ghosh SK, Pandolfino JE. Esophageal motility in terms of pressure topography: the Chicago classification. J Clin Gastroenterol (in press).

 Supported by R01 DC00646 (PJK) from the Public Health Service.

PII: S0016-5085(07)02078-1

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2007.11.031

Gastroenterology
Volume 134, Issue 1 , Pages 16-18 , January 2008

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