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Dynamic esophageal scintigraphy in patients with achalasia
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Abstract
Methods: The authors monitored the transit velocity, anti-peristalsis and the retention of radioactivity in the esophagus by dynamic esophageal scintigraphy in a group of 50 patients (37 control patients and 13 patients with achalasia).
Results: They found a significantly longer period of radioactivity passage via the esophagus compared to the control group (p < 0.001%).
Conclusions: We observed the statistically significant transit prolongation of radioactivity through the esophagus during dynamic esophageal scintigraphy (41.2 seconds) in our group of patients with achalasia compared to the control group (7.9 seconds). Anti-peristalsis and even the radioactivity retention have occurred statistically more frequently compared to the control group.
Abstract
Methods: The authors monitored the transit velocity, anti-peristalsis and the retention of radioactivity in the esophagus by dynamic esophageal scintigraphy in a group of 50 patients (37 control patients and 13 patients with achalasia).
Results: They found a significantly longer period of radioactivity passage via the esophagus compared to the control group (p < 0.001%).
Conclusions: We observed the statistically significant transit prolongation of radioactivity through the esophagus during dynamic esophageal scintigraphy (41.2 seconds) in our group of patients with achalasia compared to the control group (7.9 seconds). Anti-peristalsis and even the radioactivity retention have occurred statistically more frequently compared to the control group.
Keywords
achalasia; esophageal scintigraphy; anti-peristalsis
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Dynamic esophageal scintigraphy in patients with achalasia
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57-60
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2000-02-25
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Bibliographic record
Nucl. Med. Rev 2000;3(1):57-60.
Keywords
achalasia
esophageal scintigraphy
anti-peristalsis
Authors
Jiří Prášek
Aleš Hep
Jiří Dolina
Petr Dítě
