Detection of Barrett s Esophagus in Patients Without GERD Symptoms

Inclusion Criteria: * No known coagulopathy, no known esophageal varices. * No significant dysphagia or odynophagia * Absence of chronic GERD, defined as five or more years of heartburn or regurgitation with symptoms at least once a week when not on medications for GERD symptoms. * Subjects to qualify must meet criterion 3, be over age 50, and have two additional risk factors for BE (white race, central obesity defined as waist size \>35 inches for women and \>40 inches for men, male gender, current smoker or smoking history \>10 pack years, confirmed family history in at least two members with one being a first degree relative). Exclusion Criteria: * History of prior EGD procedure * Inability to provide written informed consent * History of weekly of more frequent heartburn or regurgitation for five or more years * On anti-coagulant drug(s)that cannot be temporarily discontinued or coagulopathy with international normalized ratio (INR) \> 1.5 * Known history of esophageal varices or esophageal stricture * Any contraindication, as deemed inInvestigator's medical judgment, to undergoing the EsoCheck procedure, undergoing the EGDprocedure,and/or having biopsies taken, including but not limited to due to comorbidities such as coagulopathy or a known history of esophageal diverticula, esophageal fistula and/or esophageal ulceration * History of difficulty swallowing (dysphagia) or painful swallowing (odynophagia), including swallowing pills * Oropharyngeal tumor * History of e…