Beat-to-beat blood pressure and heart rate responses to the Valsalva maneuver

David S. Goldstein, William P. Cheshire

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Abstract

Measurement of beat-to-beat blood pressure and heart rate responses to the Valsalva maneuver is the basis for a highly informative autonomic function test. Whereas in the past this measurement required intra-arterial cannulation, the development of finger cuff devices that acquire arterial pressure waveforms indistinguishable from those recorded intra-arterially has made it possible to obtain accurate measurements noninvasively. In a patient with orthostatic hypotension, the pattern of blood pressure responses during and after the release of the maneuver can identify a neurogenic basis: sympathetic neurocirculatory failure. The quantifiable change in cardiac interbeat interval per unit change in systolic pressure during the maneuver can identify baroreflex-cardiovagal failure.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)361-367
Number of pages7
JournalClinical Autonomic Research
Volume27
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2017

Keywords

  • Autonomic
  • Blood pressure
  • Parasympathetic
  • Sympathetic
  • Valsalva

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
  • Clinical Neurology

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