2021
Heterogeneity of primary and secondary peristalsis in systemic sclerosis: A new model of “scleroderma esophagus”
Carlson DA, Prescott JE, Germond E, Brenner D, Carns M, Correia CS, Tetreault M, McMahan ZH, Hinchcliff M, Kou W, Kahrilas PJ, Perlman HR, Pandolfino JE. Heterogeneity of primary and secondary peristalsis in systemic sclerosis: A new model of “scleroderma esophagus”. Neurogastroenterology & Motility 2021, 34: e14284. PMID: 34709690, PMCID: PMC9046463, DOI: 10.1111/nmo.14284.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedEsophageal Motility DisordersFemaleHumansManometryMiddle AgedPeristalsisScleroderma, SystemicConceptsHigh-resolution manometryIneffective esophageal motilitySecondary peristalsisSystemic sclerosisFLIP panometryAbsent contractilityContractile responseDistensibility indexFunctional luminal imaging probe (FLIP) panometryEsophagogastric junction distensibility indexPattern of contractilityEGJ-DIScleroderma esophagusEsophageal dysmotilityReflux severitySSc patientsClinical outcomesEsophageal motilityManometric diagnosisPrimary peristalsisMotor abnormalitiesNormal peristalsisEsophageal functionChicago ClassificationPatients
2016
Loss of Peristaltic Reserve, Determined by Multiple Rapid Swallows, Is the Most Frequent Esophageal Motility Abnormality in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis
Carlson DA, Crowell MD, Kimmel JN, Patel A, Gyawali CP, Hinchcliff M, Griffing WL, Pandolfino JE, Vela MF. Loss of Peristaltic Reserve, Determined by Multiple Rapid Swallows, Is the Most Frequent Esophageal Motility Abnormality in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis. Clinical Gastroenterology And Hepatology 2016, 14: 1502-1506. PMID: 27062902, PMCID: PMC5028229, DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2016.03.039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple rapid swallowsHigh-resolution manometrySystemic sclerosisDistal contractile integralPeristaltic reserveEsophageal motility diagnosisRapid swallowsMotility diagnosisContractile integralEsophageal motility findingsEsophageal high-resolution manometryTertiary referral centerIneffective esophageal motilityMedian distal contractile integralEsophageal motility abnormalitiesEsophageal motility disordersAbsent contractilityHRM findingsMotility findingsReferral centerEsophageal motilityMotility abnormalitiesMotility disordersRetrospective analysisSupine swallows