[PDF][PDF] Noncardiac chest pain: epidemiology, natural course and pathogenesis

R Fass, SR Achem - Journal of neurogastroenterology and …, 2011 - synapse.koreamed.org
Noncardiac chest pain (NCCP) is very common in the general population; however, a
patient's history and characteristics do not reliably distinguish between cardiac and …

Noncardiac chest pain: evaluation and treatment

GD Eslick, R Fass - Gastroenterology Clinics, 2003 - gastro.theclinics.com
Noncardiac chest pain (NCCP) is a condition of relatively recent description compared with
angina pectoris and is defined as chest pain that is not related to coronary artery disease [1] …

How do we define non‐cardiac chest pain?

U Kachintorn - Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Noncardiac chest pain (NCCP) is a heterogeneous disorder associated with substantial
health‐care costs and resource utilization. NCCP is defined by recurrent episodes of …

Natural history and predictors of outcome for non‐cardiac chest pain: a prospective 4‐year cohort study

GD Eslick, NJ Talley - Neurogastroenterology & Motility, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The natural history of non‐cardiac chest pain (NCCP) is poorly understood. We aimed to
assess the 2‐and 4‐year outcomes of patients with chest pain, and determine whether …

Noncardiac chest pain: epidemiology, natural history, health care seeking, and quality of life

GD Eslick - Gastroenterology Clinics, 2004 - gastro.theclinics.com
Chest pain is a symptom, not a disease. Noncardiac chest pain (NCCP) is essentially a
diagnosis by exclusion of other acute and potentially fatal conditions such as acute …

A critical approach to noncardiac chest pain: pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment

J Fang, D Bjorkman - Official journal of the American College of …, 2001 - journals.lww.com
Approximately 30% of coronary angiograms performed in this country are negative for
significant coronary artery disease. These patients are classified as having noncardiac or …

Non‐cardiac chest pain: an update

R Fass, R Dickman - Neurogastroenterology & Motility, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐cardiac chest pain (NCCP) is very common, affecting up to a quarter of the USA adult
population. Recent studies have shown that the disorder has a profound impact on patient's …

Approach to the patient with unexplained chest pain

PO Katz, DO Castell - The American journal of gastroenterology, 2000 - Elsevier
Recurring unexplained chest pain (UCP) located in the substernal area in patients in whom
a cardiac etiology has been excluded has been a source of clinical uncertainty for more than …

Chest pain of cardiac and noncardiac origin

C Lenfant - Metabolism, 2010 - Elsevier
Chest pain is one of the most common symptoms driving patients to a physician's office or
the hospital's emergency department. In approximately half of the cases, chest pain is of …

Non‐cardiac chest pain: prevalence, risk factors, impact and consulting—a population‐based study

GD Eslick, MP Jones, NJ Talley - Alimentary pharmacology & …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Little is known about the prevalence and importance of non‐cardiac chest pain
in the general population. Aim: To evaluate the magnitude and impact of this condition …