Author:
Stewart Julian M.,Montgomery Leslie D.
Abstract
The Valsalva maneuver is frequently used to test autonomic function. Previous work demonstrated that the blood pressure decrease during the Valsalva maneuver relates to thoracic hypovolemia, which may preclude pressure recovery during phase II, even with normal resting peripheral vasoconstriction. We hypothesized that increased regional blood volume, specifically splanchnic hypervolemia, accounts for the degree of thoracic hypovolemia during the Valsalva maneuver. We studied 17 healthy volunteers aged 15–22 yr. All had normal blood volumes by dye dilution. Subjects also had normal vascular resistance while supine as well as normal vasoconstrictor responses during 35° upright tilt. We assessed changes in estimated splanchnic, pelvic-thigh, and lower leg blood volume, along with thoracic blood volume shifts, by impedance plethysmography before and during the Valsalva maneuver performed in the supine position. Early increases in splanchnic blood volume dominated the regional vascular changes during the Valsalva maneuver. The increase in splanchnic blood volume correlated well ( r2= 0.65, P < 0.00001) with the decrease in thoracic blood volume, there was less correlation of the increase in pelvic blood volume ( r2= 0.21, P < 0.03), and there was no correlation of the increase in leg blood volume ( r2= 0.001, P = 0.9). There was no relation of thoracic hypovolemia with blood volume or peripheral resistance in supine or upright positions. Thoracic hypovolemia during the Valsalva maneuver is closely related to splanchnic hyperemia and weakly related to regional changes in blood volume elsewhere. Changes in baseline splanchnic vascular properties may account for variability in thoracic blood volume changes during the Valsalva maneuver.
Publisher
American Physiological Society
Subject
Physiology (medical),Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Physiology
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