In general, chest discomfort related to a heart attack or another heart problem may be described by or associated with one or more of the following: 1  Pressure, fullness or tightness in your chest. 2  Crushing or searing pain that radiates to your back, neck, jaw, shoulders and arms â particularly your left arm.
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) or oesophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD or OGD) is also called panendoscopy (PES) and upper GI endoscopy. It is also often called just upper endoscopy, upper GI, or even just endoscopy; because EGD is the most commonly performed type of endoscopy, the ambiguous term endoscopy is sometimes informally used to refer to EGD by default.
As this eMedTV resource explains, an EGD procedure is used to check for problems with the upper digestive tract, which includes your esophagus, stomach, and small intestine. This Web page offers an in-depth look at how this procedure is performed.