The most important use of the Valsalva maneuver is to distinguish the murmur of aortic stenosis from hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy — or simply to bring forth the murmur of HOCM.

This relates to the hemodynamics in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM). In HOCM, the increased velocity in the left ventricular outflow tract decreases pressure in this region causing ...

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