The diagnostic value of oesophageal radionuclide transit in patients admitted for but without acute myocardial infarction

Clinical Physiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 89-96

  Jorgensen F ^a,c   Fruergaard, P ^a   Launbjerg, J ^a   Aggestrup, S ^b   Elsborg, L ^a   Hesse, B ^a  

^a Tees Esk and Wear Valley NHS Trust

^b International Center for Research and Research Training in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health   (Denmark)

^c Department of Otorhinolaryngology   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Manometry; Non cardiac chest pain; Oesophageal disorders; Radionuclide transit

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS PH; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; THORAX PAIN;

CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MANOMETRY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PEPTIC ULCER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 21544468613     PISSN: 01445979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2281.1998.00078.x     Document Type: Article

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