PURPOSE Assessment of the gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) influence on myocardial ischemia and autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity. MATERIAL AND METHODS In 50 patients with angiographically confirmed ischemic heart disease (IHD) in I-III CCS class, simultaneous 24-hour ECG and esophageal pH-metry monitoring was performed. We assessed: (1) GERD occurrence in patients with IHD, (2) i...

Relationship between Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is controversial. We aimed to review the possible relationship between H. pylori infection and GERD. Epidemiological data indicate an inverse relationship between frequency of H. pylori infection and prevalence of GERD and its complications like Barrett's esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma. H. p...

conclusions it can be concluded that mets may increase the risk of gerd. consequently, there might be potential benefits to treating the metabolic abnormalities in these patients. context the incidences of both gastroesophageal reflux disease (gerd) and metabolic syndrome (mets) have increased in recent years, and it has been suggested that there is a probable association between the two. the a...

Corresponding author: Dongwon Yi http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3574-036X Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine, 20, Geumo-ro, Mulgeum-eup, Yangsan 50612, Korea E-mail: [email protected] Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is common in patients with type 2 diabetes mellit...

Corresponding author: Chang Won Lee http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6184-7171 Department of Internal Medicine, Busan St. Mary’s Hospital, 25-14, Yonghoro 232beon-gil, Nam-gu, Busan 48575, Korea E-mail: [email protected] We thank Dr. Yi for his comments in response to our study, “Prevalence and risk factors of gastroesophageal reflux disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus” [1]. Prevalence...

"It is not the death of GERD that I seek, but that it turns from its evil ways and follows the path of righteousness." The reflux world is fully aware of what GERD is and what GERD does. What the world does not know, however, is the answer to the most important yet least asked question surrounding GERD's raison-d'etre: Why is GERD here and why do we have it? What GERD is: abnormal gastric reflu...

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a problem frequently occurring among physically and intellectually disabled individuals. In this group of patients GERD is often overlooked, since the symptoms are usually non-specific. We present two cases of disabled children, who developed complications of GERD in the form of Barrett's esophagus, Barrett's ulceration and bleeding, the life-threatenin...

The case presented here illustrates the possible complications of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). In its simple form, GERD poses no expectation of extra mortality. However, certain histopathologic complications of GERD predispose to the development of esophageal adenocarcinoma. The clinical course, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, and preventive surveillance of GERD and Barrett metaplas...

area where the ice shelf transitioned from ground support to free floating, the ice sheet grounding zone system (Science (2014) 345, 1354–1358). From their observations, the researchers concluded that the collapse was caused by the rising surface temperatures rather than by some instability of the grounding system. The authors write that their finding “adds to the scenario of instability now fa...

TO THE EDITOR: I read with great interest the paper entitled “Gastroesophageal reflux disease in type II diabetes mellitus with or without peripheral neuropathy” by Lee et al, which was published in July 2011 issue of Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility. The authors investigated gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) among patients with type II diabetes mellitus, and showed interestin...