Linked angina relates with gastrooesophageal reflux diseases?

It is well known that non-cardiac chest pain is closely related to gastrooesophageal reflux diseases (GERD). Chest pain of oesophageal origin can be difficult to distinguish from that caused by cardiac ischaemia because the distal oesophagus and the heart share a common afferent vagal supply, and GERD can cause episodes of non-cardiac chest pain that resemble ischaemic cardiac pain...

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