Renzo Cestari, Vincenzo Villanacci, Gabrio Bassotti, Elisa Rossi, Domenico Della Casa, Guido Missale, Luigi Minelli, Paolo Cengia, Marco Gambarotti, Francesco Pirali, Francesco Donato, Robert M Genta
"Carditis" (inflammation of the gastric cardiac mucosa) may be associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), whereas other studies argue that Helicobacter pylori could play a significant role in the chronic cardiac damage. We examined prospectively histologic features of gastric cardia, esophagitis, and H. pylori status in 204 consecutive subjects with GERD symptoms (57.3% male, 42.7% female mean age 49.2 y) undergoing upper gastrointestinal endoscopy with multiple biopsies in the distal esophagus, cardiac region, and stomach...
May 2007: American Journal of Surgical Pathology