Altered gastroesophageal motility in patients with idiopathic orthostatic hypotension
| Autor: | Rosemary Revta, James K. O’Donnell, Bryan S. Thatcher, Edgar Achkar, Fetnat M. Fouad |
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| Rok vydání: | 1987 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Manometry Motility Shy-Drager Syndrome Gastroenterology Orthostatic vital signs Hypotension Orthostatic Esophagus Internal medicine medicine Upper gastrointestinal Humans In patient Aged business.industry digestive oral and skin physiology General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.anatomical_structure Autonomic Nervous System Diseases Anesthesia Female Peristalsis Abnormality business Gastrointestinal Motility |
| Zdroj: | Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine. 54(2) |
| ISSN: | 0891-1150 |
| Popis: | Although a variety of neurologic and systemic disorders are associated with abnormal gastroesophageal motility, little is known of gut involvement in patients with idiopathic orthostatic hypotension. To assess upper gastrointestinal motility, five patients with idiopathic orthostatic hypotension underwent esophageal manometry and esophageal and gastric radionuclide transit studies. Three patients had abnormal esophageal manometric studies, and two had abnormal gastric transit. The esophageal emptying study was abnormal in one of two patients. These results and the diversity of findings suggest that the upper gastrointestinal tract is involved in idiopathic orthostatic hypotension, although further work is needed to delineate the extent and the site of the abnormality. Esophageal manometry and gastroesophageal transit studies provide a means of diagnosing patients with idiopathic orthostatic hypotension. |
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