[Gastric secretory inhibitors improve the visibility of gastric mucosal detail in barium studies of the stomach: a controlled clinical trial (author's transl)]

Abstract

In a controlled randomized clinical trial the effect of the secretory inhibitors Cimetidine and pirenzepine on the visibility of the areolar gastricae in barium studies of the upper gastrointestinal tract was examined. Both drugs improved the radiological imaging of the areolar tidine reduced the amount of radiologically visible fasting gastric contents. Thus, factors other than the volume alone of gastric secretions appear to play a major role in the quality of imaging of the gastric fine relief.