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Open Access Review
Noncardiac Chest Pain
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1 Division of Gastroenterology, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2005, 6(S4), 32–39;
Published: 20 August 2005
Abstract
The clinical approach to the patient with unexplained chest pain is complex, as the history does not clearly separate cardiac from noncardiac etiologies. After a careful work-up has excluded coronary artery disease, a systematic search for an esophageal etiology is the next step. Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is most commonly associated with noncardiac chest pain and should be the first diagnosis pursued. A therapeutic trial of antisecretory therapy with proton-pump inhibitors is the most efficient initial approach to diagnosis and therapy of GERD-related chest pain and can easily be instituted by a cardiologist familiar with the optimal use of protonpump inhibitors.
Keywords
Chest pain
Noncardiac chest pain
Gastroesophageal reflux
Proton-pump inhibitors
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