Postprandial cardiac vagal tone and transient lower esophageal sphincter relaxation (<scp>TLESR</scp>)

Abstract

In healthy volunteers, the increase in the number of TLESRs and reflux episodes after a meal occurred mostly at a time of reduced CVT. Further studies should explore whether modulation of CVT can modify frequency of TLESRs and also this relationship should be further explored in patients with reflux disease.