Transition from peristaltic esophageal contractions to diffuse esophageal spasm -
M Traube, RM Aaronson, RW McCallum - Archives of Internal Medicine, 1986 - Am Med Assoc
... because your Web browser does not support basic Web standards. ... by manometry to have
high-amplitude peristaltic esophageal contractions (nutcracker esophagus). ...

Relationship between esophageal muscle thickness and intraluminal pressure: an ultrasonographic … -
N Pehlivanov, J Liu, GS Kassab, JL Puckett, RK … - American Journal of Physiology- Gastrointestinal and Liver …, 2001 - Am Physiological Soc
... The mechanism of high-amplitude contractions in nutcracker esophagus and
diffuse esophageal spasm is not known. Theoretically, a ...

Esophageal diverticula. Physiopathological basis for surgical management -
DD'Ugo - European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery, 1992 - EACTS
... http://ejcts.ctsnetjournals.org located on the World Wide Web at: The ... Table 2) diffuse
esophageal spasm (DES) (3 patients); nutcracker esophagus (3 patients ...

Relationship between esophageal muscle thickness and intraluminal pressure in patients with … -
N Pehlivanov, J Liu, GS Kassab, C Beaumont, RK … - American Journal of Physiology- Gastrointestinal and Liver …, 2002 - Am Physiological Soc
... Patients with DES and nutcracker esophagus (NC) have a higher baseline muscle
thickness compared with normal and NS patients. Correlation ...

The prevalence of abnormal esophageal test results in patients with cardiovascular disease and … -
EG Hewson, CB Dalton, BT Hackshaw, WC Wu, JE … - Archives of Internal Medicine, 1990 - Am Med Assoc
... this message because your Web browser does not support basic Web standards. ... The
frequency of nutcracker esophagus (11% to 16%) and diffuse esophageal spasm (2 ...

Primary esophageal motility disorders -
DG Adler, Y Romero - Mayo Clin Proc, 2001 - mayoclinicproceedings.com
... Spastic disorders of the esophagus, such as diffuse esophageal spasm and nutcracker
esophagus, and nonspecific esophageal motility disorder are benign and ...
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Systematic esophageal evaluation of patients with noncardiac chest pain -
SJ Chobanian, SB Benjamin, DJ Curtis, EL Cattau - Archives of Internal Medicine, 1986 - Am Med Assoc
... because your Web browser does not support basic Web standards. ... Manometric diagnoses
were "nutcracker esophagus" in 17 (59%), nonspecific esophageal motility ...

Radiographic techniques and efficacy in evaluating esophageal dysphagia -
DJ Ott - Dysphagia, 1990 - Springer
... Fig. 6. A Thin cervical web (arrowhead) arising anteriorly below a ... spasm C. Nonspecific
esophageal motility disorder D. Nutcracker esophagus E. Presbyesophagus ...

Diffuse esophageal intramural pseudodiverticulosis and nutcracker esophagus in a 54-year-old man -
S Walker, R Hipp?li, R Go?s - Journal of Molecular Medicine, 1990 - Springer
... 15] absent LES, in 8 noncoordinated, hypo- or aperistalsis, and in 1 [12] nutcracker
esophagus. ... Therefore, the web in the upper esophagus cannot explain ...

Spectrum of Esophageal Motility Disorders: Implications for Diagnosis and Treatment -
MG Patti, MV Gorodner, C Galvani, P Tedesco, PM … - Archives of Surgery, 2005 - archsurg.highwire.org
... because your Web browser does not support basic Web standards. ... disorders (PEMDs)
are achalasia, diffuse esophageal spasm (DES), nutcracker esophagus (NE), and ...