Quantitative Differences Between Primary and Secondary Peristaltic Contractions of the Esophagus
2014
Background and Aims
Differences in contraction characteristics between primary and secondary peristalsis have only been scarcely studied. Recently new measures of contractile activity in the human esophagus were developed. The study aims were to use combined manometry and impedance planimetry [pressure-cross-sectional area (P-CSA)] recordings from healthy volunteers to examine esophageal peristalsis, and, furthermore, to investigate the effect of the motility enhancing drug erythromycin to study differential effects on the two types of contractions.
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