Oesophageal manometry in early and definite systemic sclerosis
✍ Scribed by Paolo Airò; Domenico Della Casa; Elisabetta Danieli; Guido Missale; Roberto Cattaneo; Renzo Cestari
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 332 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0770-3198
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Abstract Thirteen patients who had recently bled from varices underwent oesophageal manometry. A control group of 13 asymptomatic subjects were also studied. Seven of the thirteen variceal patients had manometry before oesophageal transection and repeat manometry at least 1 month following operation
## Objective: Pulmonary capillary endothelium-bound angiotensin-converting enzyme (pceb-ace) activity is a sensitive and quantifiable index of endothelial function in vivo. systemic sclerosis (ssc) is characterized by endothelial damage and excess collagen formation, causing mainly pulmonary hypert