The left gastric artery and a branch of the left phrenic artery supply the LES and the most distal segment of the esophagus. The arteries supplying the esophagus end in an extensive, dense network ...

Adjusting pulmonary hemodynamics for esophageal pressure in patients with obesity and high pulmonary artery wedge pressure reduced the risk for postcapillary pulmonary hypertension diagnosis ...

In the first, the aortic arch is missing from its normal position in front of the trachea, and instead courses behind the esophagus. The pulmonary artery lies in a normal position in front of the ...

THIS report is derived from a background of 437 cases of esophageal diverticula, from 1925 to January, 1960. Of this number 425 were pharyngoesophageal, and 12 were supradiaphragmatic diverticula. ...

A viewer is asking about what can be done for an esophageal hernia. Doctor Lacy Anderson has the answer. Anderson says it sounds like something called a hiatal hernia. This is a different type of ...

The artery followed a retroesophageal course to cross the midline, resulting in a prominent compression and shift of the patient’s esophagus. This aberrant anatomy was clearly visible in computed ...

Esophageal spasm is a rare cause of chest pain that can feel like a heart attack. ... It’s important to rule out angina, a type of chest pain caused by coronary artery disease.

Acid reflux and esophageal spasm can mimic heart pain. Four to five hours duration is much more likely to be something like reflux than it is coronary artery vasospasm, which normally lasts five ...

The left gastric artery and a branch of the left phrenic artery supply the LES and the most distal segment of the esophagus. The arteries supplying the esophagus end in an extensive, dense network ...