Managing the patient with atypical chest pain

Hosp Pract (1995). 1997 Apr 15;32(4):159-73; discussion 173-4 passim. doi: 10.1080/21548331.1997.11443470.

Abstract

Since angina and heartburn can feel the same, excluding cardiac disease may be the first order of business. That done, clinical findings and laboratory tests can help identify the esophageal disturbance. Gastric acid reflux, motility disorders, and visceral nerve hypersensitivity--alone or in combination--can cause chest pain, and each may call for a different pharmacologic regimen.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adrenergic Uptake Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
  • Algorithms
  • Amitriptyline / therapeutic use
  • Anti-Ulcer Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Atropine / therapeutic use
  • Chest Pain / etiology*
  • Cisapride
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Esophageal Motility Disorders / complications
  • Esophageal Motility Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Esophageal Motility Disorders / drug therapy
  • Esophagitis, Peptic / complications
  • Esophagitis, Peptic / diagnosis*
  • Esophagitis, Peptic / drug therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Manometry
  • Middle Aged
  • Parasympatholytics / therapeutic use*
  • Piperidines / therapeutic use
  • Postprandial Period

Substances

  • Adrenergic Uptake Inhibitors
  • Anti-Ulcer Agents
  • Parasympatholytics
  • Piperidines
  • Amitriptyline
  • Atropine
  • Cisapride