Critical analysis of hypercontractile waves vigor to define hypercontractile esophagus disease

HIGHLIGHTS

• The current definition for hypercontractile esophagus was arbitrarily set at the uppermost range in volunteers for a specific equipment.
• 4000 mmHg.cm.s sems to be a more reasonable cutoff value.
• The lack of a gold standard test or symptoms prevent a perfect definition.

 

AUTORES

ZANINI, Leonardo Yuri Kasputis HERBELLA, Fernando A M PATTI, Marco G