Unexplained Noncardiac Chest Pain

  1. Satish S.C. Rao, MD, PhD;
  2. Robert W. Summers, MD; and
  3. Hans Gregersen, MD
  1. The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242 University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA 92093-0404

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    Dr. Fass raises several issues. The first is that local anesthesia should be avoided. We agree, in reality, that it is not …

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