Noncardiac Chest Pain

Ronnie Fass, M.D. Ronnie Fass M.D. is a Professor of Medicine (tenured) at the University of Arizona, School of Medicine; Head, Neuroenteric Clinical Research Group; Director GI Motility Laboratories, Southern Arizona VA Health Care System and University of Arizona Health Sciences Center. Guy Eslick, Ph.D. Dr. Guy D. Eslick, Ph.D. at the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Public Health School of Public Health, The University of Sydney and Clinical Epidemiologist at the Department of Medicine, The University of Sydney Nepean Hospital, Australia

• Table of Contents Epidemiology Guy Eslick; Evaluation of Chest Pain: A Cardiology Perspective for Gastroenterologist Paul Fenster and Vincent L. Sorrell; Pathophysiology of Noncardiac Chest Pain Ronnie Fass, Jae Geun Hyun, and Justin L. Sewell; Non-cardiac, Non-esophageal Causes of Chest Pain Sami R. Achem and Ken R. DeVault; Sensory Testing in Non Cardiac Chest Pain Abhishek Sharma and Qasim Aziz; Psychological Disorders Guy D. Eslick; Diagnosis of Non-Cardiac Chest Pain Elisa M. Faybush and Ronnie Fass; The Proton Pump Inhibitor(PPI) Therapeutic Trial Wai-Man Wong and Ronnie Fass; Brain Imaging in Non-Cardiac Chest Pain Anthony R. Hobson and Qasim Aziz; Treatment Michael Shapiro, Anmarie Moore, and Ronnie Fass; Economics (Direct and Indirect Costs) Guy D. Eslick; Quality of Life Guy D. Eslick; Prognosis Guy D. Eslick; The Future Ronnie Fass.