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    The Valsalva maneuver is performed by a forceful attempt of exhalation against a closed airway, usually done by closing one's mouth and pinching one's...
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    three are:[citation needed] Vagal maneuvers (such as carotid sinus massage or Valsalva's maneuver) to slow the rate and identification of P waves administer...
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    aortic sinuses of Valsalva in his writings, published posthumously in 1740. His name is associated with the Valsalva antrum of the ear and the Valsalva maneuver...
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    Sinusitis (redirect from Sinus infection)
    Valsalva maneuver. Other symptoms associated with acute rhinosinusitis include cough, fatigue, hyposmia, anosmia and ear fullness or pressure. Sinus infections...
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    Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST), cerebral venous and sinus thrombosis or cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT), is the presence of a blood clot in the...
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  • evaluation of any obstructive process within the Eustachian tube. As well, Valsalva CT scanning using advanced 64 slice or higher machines has been proposed...
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    Supraventricular Tachycardia. PMID 29939521. "BestBets: Comparing Valsalva manoeuvre with carotid sinus massage in adults with supraventricular tachycardia". Archived...
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    compresses air which passes through the tubes to the middle ear. The "Valsalva maneuver": pinching the nose and closing the mouth and trying to breathe...
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    Tachycardia (section Sinus)
    sinus tachycardia Junctional tachycardia Metabolic myopathy Multifocal atrial tachycardia Pacemaker mediated Pain Panic attack Pheochromocytoma Sinus...
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    Episodes of Supraventricular tachycardia can be treated when they occur by Valsalva maneuver, adenosine injection or taking a AV node blocking agent as pill-in-pocket...
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    asked to yawn and on descent they need to perform the valsalva maneuver. If they perform the valsalva during ascent, they risk suffering barotrauma of the...
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    standing position during the Valsalva maneuver. Grade 2 Varicocele: The varicocele is palpable not only during the Valsalva maneuver but also at rest while...
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    Aerosinusitis (redirect from Sinus Squeeze)
    barosinusitis, sinus squeeze or sinus barotrauma is a painful inflammation and sometimes bleeding of the membrane of the paranasal sinus cavities, normally...
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    an abnormal connection between the oral cavity and antrum (or maxillary sinus). The creation of an OAC is most commonly due to the extraction of a maxillary...
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    Aorta (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    the aortic sinuses or the sinuses of Valsalva. The left aortic sinus contains the origin of the left coronary artery and the right aortic sinus likewise...
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    random. Cavernous sinus thrombosis is a specialised form of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, where there is thrombosis of the cavernous sinus of the basal...
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    Cherry angioma, also called cherry hemangioma or Campbell de Morgan Spot, is a small bright red dome-shaped bump on the skin. It ranges between 0.5 – 6 mm...
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    Sir Frederick Treves Ligament of Treitz – Václav Treitz Sinus of Valsalva – Antonio Maria Valsalva Ampulla of Vater – Abraham Vater Limbus of Vieussens – Raymond...
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  • left in the lungs to equalize the pressure in the ears and sinuses at larger depths. Valsalva maneuver also generates lung muscular contractions, which...
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  • artery in the human body) at the upper third or middle third of the sinuses of Valsalva (the first part of the big pipe coming off the main pumping chamber)...
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    opening of the Eustachian tube (through actions like swallowing or the Valsalva maneuver) is required to equalize the pressure between the middle ear and...
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    half of the body. Together, the venae cavae (in addition to the coronary sinus, which carries blood from the muscle of the heart itself) form the venous...
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    Nutcracker syndrome (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    aneurysm Abdominal aortic aneurysm Thoracic aortic aneurysm Aneurysm of sinus of Valsalva Aortic dissection Aortic rupture Coronary artery aneurysm head / neck...
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    Aortic sinuses ("Aortic Sinuses of Morgagni"), better known as Sinuses of Valsalva Columns of Morgagni Foramina of Morgagni Hypermature cataract ("Morgagnian...
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    node. These manoeuvres include carotid sinus massage (pressure on the carotid sinus in the neck) and the Valsalva manoeuvre (increasing the pressure in...
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    equalised. Excessively strenuous efforts to equalise the ears using the Valsalva manoeuvre can overpressurise the middle ear, and can cause middle ear and/or...
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    location on the aorta. An aortic root aneurysm, or aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva. Thoracic aortic aneurysms are found within the chest; these are further...
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  • unspec. 427.8 Other specified cardiac dysrhythmias 427.81 Sick sinus syndrome 427.89 Sinus bradycardia, NOS 427.9 Cardiac dysrhythmia unspecified Gallop...
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    amjhyper.2005.10.017. PMID 16647616. Thalenberg JM, Póvoa RM, Bombig MT, de Sá GA, Atallah AN, Luna Filho B (October 2008). "Slow breathing test increases...
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    over-prescription of anticoagulants. Other causes include ruptured aneurysm of sinus of Valsalva and other aneurysms of the aortic arch. Hemopericardium can be diagnosed...
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