Ambulatory oesophageal manometry and pH monitoring for investigation of chest pain: A New Zealand experience

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 1230, 2006, Pages

  Cameron, Rees G ^a   Barclay, Murray L ^a   Dobbs, Bruce R ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CISAPRIDE; DOMPERIDONE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS SPASM; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEW ZEALAND; NONCARDIAC CHEST PAIN; PH MEASUREMENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEART DISEASE; MANOMETRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PH; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGEAL SPASM, DIFFUSE; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 33645242854     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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