Timed barium esophagogram: A simple physiologic assessment for achalasia
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Timed barium esophagogram in the assessment of patients with achalasia: reproducibility and observer variation.
SUMMARY. The timed barium esophagogram (TBE) is a further development of the barium swallow, introducing functional and dynamic dimensions to the assessment. The purpose of our study was to assess the day to day variability of TBE parameters when scored in healthy subjects, in untreated and in previously treated patients with confirmed diagnoses of achalasia and to assess the intra- and interob...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0022-5223
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2000.110463