The ascending aorta includes the aortic root and sinuses of Valsalva where the blood supply to your heart, via the coronary arteries, originates. The ascending aorta continues upward to form the ...

At times, the murmur of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy can also mimic the murmur of aortic stenosis. The Valsalva maneuver decreases the murmur of aortic stenosis while it increases the murmur of ...

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.