“distension of the gastric antrum [the lower part of the stomach] due to the release of dissolved gas from carbonated water induces satiety, which may cause further satiety and gastric motility ...

In such cases, consideration should be given to implantation of a gastric electrical stimulator ... pylorus along the greater curvature of the antrum. The 2 electrodes are placed 1 cm apart ...

Second, continuous suppression of gastric acid secretion should facilitate the rapid spread from antrum and cardia to the corpus enabling development of corpus gastritis and subsequent atrophy.