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Manometric findings of esophageal motor disorders in 240 Brazilian patients with non-cardiac chest pain.
- Source :
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Diseases of the Esophagus . Jun2000, Vol. 13 Issue 2, p117. 5p. - Publication Year :
- 2000
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Abstract
- Two hundred and forty Brazilian patients with chest pain and normal cardiac evaluation were submitted to computerized esophageal manometry. Endoscopic examination and/or swallow barium studies had excluded obstructive lesions. Motor disorders were found in 63% of patients; non-specific motors disorders and hypotensive lower esophageal sphincter were the most common. The finding of nutcracker esophagus in only 6% of the patients is a quite different rate from what has been previously described in the literature. Esophagitis was observed at endoscopy in 13.4% of the patients, hiatus hernia in 19.7% and peptic gastric or duodenal ulcer in 4.9%. It should be emphasized that after excluding pain as being of cardiac origin an abnormal manometry result points to the esophagus as the probable site of origin of the pain; esophageal investigation is important for establishing proper treatment for these patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *ESOPHAGUS diseases
*ESOPHAGOGASTRIC junction
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 11208694
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Diseases of the Esophagus
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 5466791
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1442-2050.2000.00081.x