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Valsalva maneuver

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Val•sal′va maneu′ver

Medicinea forced expiratory effort against a closed glottis that decreases intrathoracic pressure, hampering venous return to the heart, and that can be used to inflate the Eustachian tubes and adjust pressure in the middle ear.

named after Antonio M. Valsalva (1666–1723), Italian anatomist who devised the maneuver

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