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  • Title: Esophageal motility patterns in a Puerto Rican population.
    Author: Torres EA, Toro D, Santini N.
    Journal: P R Health Sci J; 1994 Mar; 13(1):29-31. PubMed ID: 8016292.
    Abstract:
    One hundred consecutive patients underwent esophageal motility testing at the Gastroenterology Section of the University Hospital for symptoms of esophageal dysfunction. These were dysphagia (55), non cardiac chest pain (11), gastroesophageal reflux (32), and other (2). Fifty five studies were abnormal. The most frequent findings were achalasia in fourteen patients and nonspecific esophageal motility disorder in fourteen. When the clinical presentation was correlated with the results of the study, 35 of the 55 patients with dysphagia had an abnormal study, as compared with 5 of 11 with chest pain and only 12 of 32 with reflux symptoms. These findings compare with those reported elsewhere and suggest that esophageal motility studies are most useful in the diagnosis of patients presenting with dysphagia or non cardiac chest pain.
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