Prevalence and Predictors of Columnar Lined Esophagus in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) Patients undergoing upper endoscopy

Abstract

If BE is defined by the presence of CLE alone on upper endoscopy, up to 25% of GERD patients are diagnosed with this lesion. Enrolling all these patients in surveillance programs would have significant ramifications on health-care resources.