Sunday Poster Session
Category: Esophagus
Archna Patel, MD, MPH
Mayo Clinic
Scottsdale, AZ
| POTS (n = 92) | Control group (n = 92) | POTS | Control | p-value* | ||
Abnormal | Normal | Abnormal | Normal | % Abnormal | % Abnormal | ||
Findings | 42 | 50 | 43 | 49 | 45.6522% | 0% | 1 |
Achalasia | 1 | 91 | 9 | 83 | 1.087% | 9.78% | 0.0182 |
Esophagogastric outflow obstruction | 6 | 86 | 13 | 79 | 6.52% | 14.13% | 0.1445 |
Distal esophageal spasm (DES) | 1 | 91 | 7 | 85 | 1.09% | 7.61% | 0.0644 |
Hypercontractile or Jackhammer esophagus | 0 | 92 | 3 | 89 | 0% | 3.26% | 0.2459 |
Absent contractility | 3 | 89 | 2 | 90 | 3.26% | 2.17% | 1 |
Fragmented peristalsis | 1 | 91 | 2 | 90 | 1.09% | 2.17% | 1 |
Ineffective esophageal motility (IEM, weak peristalsis) | 26 | 66 | 15 | 77 | 28.26% | 16.30% | 0.0757 |
Hypertensive lower esophageal sphincter (EGJ) pressure | 6 | 86 | 6 | 86 | 6.52% | 6.52% | 1 |
Hypotensive lower esophageal sphincter (EGJ) pressure | 27 | 65 | 12 | 80 | 29.35% | 13.04% | 0.0109 |
Scleroderma esophagus | 0 | 92 | 3 | 89 | 0% | 3.26% | 0.2459 |
Nonspecific abnormalities | 11 | 81 | 5 | 87 | 11.96% | 5.43% | 0.1896 |
EGJ Pressure Separation (Hiatal hernia) | 6 | 86 | 35 | 57 | 6.52% | 38.04% | < 0.00001 |