Oesophageal manometry in noncardiac chest pain.

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1994-04-01
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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.
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Suthahar DR, Malathi S, Vidyanathan V, Ranjan R, Kumar SJ, Ramathilakam S, Dinakaran N, Jayanthi V. Oesophageal manometry in noncardiac chest pain. Tropical Gastroenterology. 1994 Apr-Jun; 15(2): 87-97
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https://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/124538
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Tropical Gastroenterology