title: Failure to yield: refractory achalasia.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Md.
authors.forename: Barry
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ladizinski
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Richmond University Medical Center, Staten Island, NY.
authors.forename: Erik D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Rukhman
authors.affiliation: Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn. Electronic address: christopher.sankey@yale.edu.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sankey
mesh_terms: D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D004931:Esophageal Achalasia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016629:Esophagectomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009325:Nausea / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D017211:Treatment Failure; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology