The relationship between esophageal motility disorders and microvascular angina.
Patients with unexplained chest pain have caused investigators in cardiology, gastroenterology, and psychiatry to find abnormalities with overlap among the three specialties. This article reviews the data concerning the potential interrelation of chest pain of cardiac or esophageal origin.
Benjamin
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Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D015154:Esophageal Motility Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008833:Microcirculation