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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2014 Dec 3;27(2):160–174. doi: 10.1111/nmo.12477

Table 2.

Pressure topography baseline EGJ morphology and tone derived from an overview of the study.

EGJ
EGJ morphology Type I: Complete overlap of CD and LES components with single peak on the spatial pressure variation plot
Type II: Double-peaked pressure zone with the inter-peak nadir pressure greater than gastric pressure and a separation of 1–2 cm between peaks. This can vary or be present intermittently in which case the report should mention the range of observed LES-CD separation
Type IIIa: Double-peaked pressure zone with the inter-peak nadir pressure less than or equal to gastric pressure, but the pressure inversion point remains at the CD level. The range of observed LES-CD separation is reported
Type IIIb: Double-peaked pressure zone with the inter-peak nadir pressure equal to gastric pressure and the pressure inversion point at the LES level. The range of observed LES-CD separation is reported

LES-CD separation The EGJ pressure profile on a spatial pressure variation plot at peak inspiration can be a single or double peak. If a single peak, the LES-CD separation is 0; if a double peak, LES-CD separation is the axial distance between peaks

Inspiratory EGJ pressure Average of maximal inspiratory EGJ pressure reached during 3 respiratory cycles, ideally in a quiescent portion of recording, free of swallows

Expiratory EGJ pressure Average EGJ pressure midway between adjacent inspirations for 3 respiratory cycles, ideally in a quiescent portion of recording, free of swallows