Traumatic rupture of the esophagus occurred in 1 patient who presumably had bled from peptic esophagitis. Bleeding had been intermittently controlled by recurrent use of the tube over an eight-day ...

Barrett's esophagus is caused by gastroesophageal reflux ... After decades of progression, some of these atheromatous plaques may rupture and (along with the activation of the blood clotting ...