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- Title
Esophageal Manometry in Patients with Chest Pain and Normal Coronary Arteriogram.
- Authors
Ferguson, S. Cyle; Hodges, Kathie; Hersh, Theodore; Jinich, Horacio
- Abstract
Evaluation of the esophagus is helpful in determining the source of chest pain. Eighteen per cent of 72 patients with a normal coronary angiogram had esophageal disease as a source of chest pain. Eight had diffuse esophageal spasm, four had reflux esophagitis and one had an esophageal ulcer. Five of eight patients with diffuse esophageal spasm had relief of symptoms with nitroglycerin. Despite normal coronary arteriogram and normal esophageal manometry 42 of 49 other patients had relief of chest pain with nitroglycerin.
- Publication
American Journal of Gastroenterology (Springer Nature), 1981, Vol 75, Issue 2, p124
- ISSN
0002-9270
- Publication type
Academic Journal