Proximal esophageal impedance baseline increases the yield of impedance-pH monitoring for GERD diagnosis and is associated with heartburn response to PPI.
Mentore RibolsiMarzio FrazzoniLorenzo MarchettiMattia BrigidaMichele CicalaEdoardo SavarinoPublished in: Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society (2023)
Impedance baseline assessment in the proximal esophagus may increase the diagnostic yield of impedance-pH monitoring. Heartburn response to PPI is directly related to ultrastructural mucosal damage in the distal and in the proximal esophagus as well.