Oesophageal manometry in noncardiac chest pain

Chest pain of oesophageal origin is an important differential diagnosis in patients with cardiac chest pain. A preliminary survey of 40 patients with noncardiac chest pain (NCCP) revealed oesophageal motility disorder in 47.5%; achalasia cardia being the most frequent disease (47.3%). 15.8% of these...

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Published inTropical gastroenterology Vol. 15; no. 2; p. 87
Main Authors Suthahar, D R, Malathi, S, Vidyanathan, V, Ranjan, R, Kumar, S J, Ramathilakam, S, Dinakaran, N, Jayanthi, V
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published India 01.04.1994
Subjects
Adult
Aged
Barium Sulfate
Chest Pain - etiology
Diagnosis, Differential
Esophageal Motility Disorders - complications
Esophageal Motility Disorders - diagnosis
Esophagus - diagnostic imaging
Esophagus - physiopathology
Female
Humans
Male
Manometry
Middle Aged
Radiography
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Summary:Chest pain of oesophageal origin is an important differential diagnosis in patients with cardiac chest pain. A preliminary survey of 40 patients with noncardiac chest pain (NCCP) revealed oesophageal motility disorder in 47.5%; achalasia cardia being the most frequent disease (47.3%). 15.8% of these patients with motility disorder had features of progressive systemic sclerosis and another 15.8% had non specific oesophageal motility disorder (variants). Compared to barium swallow, oesophageal manometry was found to be superior in the diagnosis of oesophageal motility disorder.
ISSN:0250-636X