Non-cardiac chest pain] |
| |
Authors: | J Pausch O Mann |
| |
Affiliation: | Medizinische Klinik I, St?dtische Kliniken Kassel. |
| |
Abstract: | Non-cardiac chest pain is caused in 50% by esophageal disorders. About 30% of such esophageal chest pain is induced by gastroesophageal reflux. 2/3 of esophageal chest pain is related to various esophageal motility disorders, which can be differentiated by manometry. Diagnostic procedures for esophageal dysfunction (endoscopy, radiology, long-term pH-metry) have been evaluated. Therapy of gastroesophageal reflux disease has been proven effective; maintenance therapy should be evaluated in further controlled randomized trials. Treatment of esophageal motility disorders, unsatisfactory so far, needs to be improved and standardized. |
| |
Keywords: | |
本文献已被 PubMed 等数据库收录! |
|