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CAG POSTER SESSION C - TUESDAY

ESOPHAGUS, GASTRIC AND DUODENAL DISORDERS

[201] THE 13C UREA BREATH TEST (13CUBT) - IS A 30-MINUTE SAMPLING INTERVAL NECESSARY?
D Armstrong, V Radovic, M Wolfe, P Bercik, K Croitoru
Division of Gastroenterology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario

[202] MOTOR ACTIVITY OF THE CERVICAL ESOPHAGUS AND RECONSTRUCTIVE ORGANS AFTER ESOPHAGECTOMY
S Shibuya, S Miyazaki, G Miyata, N Tonotuka, S Satomi
Division of Advanced Surgical Science and Technology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

[203] POLYFLEX ESOPHAGEAL STENTS: A NOVEL APPROACH FOR REFRACTORY BENIGN ESOPHAGEAL STRICTURES
RL Ganc, S Zanati, P Kortan, G Haber, G Kandel, N Marcon
St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

[204] THE PREVALENCE OF BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS (BE) IN PRIMARY CARE PATIENTS (PCP) WITH UNINVESTIGATED DYSPEPSIA (CADET-PE STUDY)
S Veldhuyzen van Zanten1, ABR Thomson2, AN Barkun3, D Armstrong4, N Chiba4, RJ White5, S Escobedo5, P Sinclair6, and the CADET-PE Study Group7
1Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia; 2University of Alberta, Alberta; 3McGill University, Quebec; 4McMaster University, Ontario; 5AstraZeneca Canada Inc., Ontario; 6INSINConsulting, Ontario; 7Canada

[205] ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION FOR GASTRIC ANTRAL VASCULAR ECTASIA: A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE OF 30 PATIENTS
R Enns, L Halparin, J Amar, JS Whittaker, H Chaun
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia

[206] FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF THE CERVICAL ESOPHAGUS AND OROPHARYNX AFTER GASTRIC TRANSPOSITION AND CERVICAL ESOPHAGOGASTROSTOMY
P Koh, G Turnbull, EL Attia, PG LeBrun, AG Casson
Departments of Surgery, Medicine and Radiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

[207] LONG TERM RESULTS OF LAPAROSCOPIC HELLER MYOTOMY IN 25 PATIENTS WITH ACHALASIA
B Perreault, S Langevin, J Ledoux
Departement de medecine et de chirurgie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec

[208] ACUTE MUCOSAL LESIONS OF UPPER DIGESTIVE TRACT IN DENGUE FEVER
CW Hsueh, SC Wen, YY Tsai, CJ Chen, RJ Ben, NS Feng
Department of Medicine, Armed Forces Kaohsiung General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC

[209] INTRAVENOUS PROTON-PUMP INHIBITOR (IV PPI) PRIOR TO ENDOSCOPY 'DOWNSTAGE' HIGH RISK LESIONS IN PATIENTS WITH BLEEDING PEPTIC ULCER (PUD): A MULTICENTRE COMPARATIVE STUDY
CN Andrews1, AR Levy2, M Fishman3, M Hahn4, K Atkinson5, P Kwan6, R Enns7
1University of Calgary, Alberta; 2Dept. of Healthcare and Epidemiol; 3Richmond Hosp; 4Lion's Gate Hosp; 5Royal Columbian Hosp; 6Vancouver Gen Hosp; 7St.Paul's Hosp, UBC, Vancouver, British Columbia

[210] KNOWLEDGE, SYMPTOM SEVERITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE (QOL) OF INTERNET AND TERTIARY-CARE DYSPEPSIA AND GERD PATIENT POPULATIONS
R Cawdron, D Armstrong
Division of Gastroenterology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario

[211] INTERNET EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES: USE AND KNOWLEDGE-ABILITY OF INTERNET AND TERTIARY-CARE DYSPEPSIA AND GERD PATIENT CLINIC POPULATIONS
R Cawdron, D Armstrong
Division of Gastroenterology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario

[212] EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS: AN IMPORTANT CAUSE OF DYSPHAGIA IN THE ADULT
RD Abaskharoun, W Paterson, D Hurlbut
GI Diseases Research Unit, Departments of Medicine and Pathology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario

[213] SARCOIDOSIS INVOLVING THE LIVER AND STOMACH
M Nazareth MD, TA Shaw-Stiffel MDCM
Rochester General Hospital and Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, and Center for Liver Diseases, UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

[214] ENDOSCOPIC HEMOSTASIS IN A NEONATE WITH BLEEDING DUODENAL ULCER WITH VISIBLE VESSEL
L Babu, MR Riley, K Jacobson, M Phang, CC Barker
Department of Gastroenterology and Pediatrics, BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia

[215] IDIOPATHIC EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS (EE): AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION
W Al-Hashash, DS Mulder, S Mayrand
McGill University Health Center, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec