Fluoroscopy to document the extent of cardiomyotomy during peroral endoscopic myotomy

Endoscopy 2014; 46(S 01): E369-E370
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1377353

Cases and Techniques Library (CTL)

Vivek Kumbhari

Department of Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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Payal Saxena

Department of Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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Ahmed A. Messallam

Department of Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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Gerard Aguila

Department of Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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Alan H. Tieu

Department of Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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Mohammed El-Zein

Department of Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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Anthony N. Kalloo

Department of Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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Mouen A. Khashab

Department of Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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4 Khashab MA, Messallam AA, Saxena P et al. Jet injection of dyed saline facilitates efficient peroral endoscopic myotomy. Endoscopy 2014; 46: 298-301