Chest pain of undetermined origin.
Chest pain of undetermined origin (CPUO) can be a diagnostic dilemma for both the primary care physician and subspecialist. This article focuses on the diagnostic tools used in the evaluation of CPUO, which include: prolonged ambulatory intraesophageal pH monitoring; esophageal manometry with provocative testing; ambulatory intraesophageal pressure monitoring; the role of radiology and endoscopy in the evaluation of chest pain; the role of psychological abnormalities and abnormal nociception in the pathogenesis of chest pain; and the clinical approach and treatment rationale for CPUO.
Just
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Graduate Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Castell
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D001466:Barium Sulfate; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004491:Edrophonium; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D015154:Esophageal Motility Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D004947:Esophagus / Q000503:physiopathology; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008365:Manometry; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D011312:Pressure; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders
D001466:Barium Sulfate; D004491:Edrophonium