ALTERED ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DURING PERCEPTION OF BOLUS TRANSIT IN HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS

• Autor(a) principal: COSTA,Tarciana Vieira
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: DANTAS,Roberto Oliveira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Arquivos de gastroenterologia (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032019000400386
• topic: Esophageal motility disorders; Deglutition disorders; Smooth muscle; Dysphagia

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The perception of bolus transit through the thoracic esophagus may be caused by altered esophageal anatomy and function. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the hypothesis that, in healthy volunteers, swallows followed by perception of esophageal bolus transit are associated with changes in esophageal motility. METHODS: Simultaneous evaluation of motility and perception of esophageal bolus transit was performed in 22 healthy volunteers. Esophageal motility was evaluated by high-resolution manometry with a 32-channel solid state catheter. Each volunteer performed, in the sitting position, 10 swallows of a 5 mL bolus of saline and 10 swallows of pieces of 1 cm3 of bread, with an interval of at least 30 seconds between swallows. After each swallow the volunteers were asked about the perception of bolus transit through the esophagus. RESULTS: Perception of bolus transit occurred in 11.7% of liquid swallows and in 48.1% of solid swallows. In liquid swallows the perception was associated with higher distal contractile integral and shorter proximal contraction length. Perception of solid bolus transit was associated with a longer distal latency, longer proximal contraction length, lower proximal contractile integral and shorter proximal contraction duration. CONCLUSION: The perception of swallowed bolus transit through the esophagus in healthy individuals is more frequent with solid than liquid swallows and is associated with changes in proximal esophageal contractions.