Müller Maneuver as a Tool for Stress Echocardiography

Authors :: Shinjo Sonoda
Soshi Hei
Ritsuko Kohno
Shota Fukuda
Haruhiko Abe
Mai Iwataki
Kyoko Otani
Yuichiro Kado
Masaaki Takeuchi
Masaru Araki
Yasushi Oginosawa
Yutaka Otsuji
Atsushi Hayashi
Yasufumi Nagata
Tetsu Miyamoto
Takeshi Onoue
Source :: JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging. 11:1031-1032
Publication Year :: 2018
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2018.
Abstract: The Muller maneuver (MM) has been incorporated as one of the physiologic, low-intensity stresses tests. Increasing negative intrathoracic pressure during MM causes an increase in left ventricular (LV) transmural pressure (TMP) [(1)][1], which theoretically acts as an elevated LV afterload. This

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