The current iteration of the Chicago Classification of Esophageal Motility Disorders does not identify a particular subset of these conditions, researchers have found. As a result, patients with so-called “focal hypercontractility” are at risk for being misdiagnosed and receiving suboptimal treatment.
“These are patients who are currently being classified as normal,” Tarun Sharma, MD, a gastroenterologist at Advocate Aurora Health, in Milwaukee, and the leader of the