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Choose the ‘Valsalva maneuver’ option by clicking the button. Optionally, enter the 

blood pressure values and start the measurement by clicking the ‘Test start’ button.  
After starting you have to wait for 10 seconds, after which a message ‘Breath in 
and blow into tube’ appears. Identical voice command is heard, as well. The 

patient has to  inhale deeply, and when starting the exhalation (while reaching 40 
mmHg on the manometer), the examiner has to press the ‘Pressure reached’ key. 
Under constant resistance of 40 mmHg during the expiration, the heart rate course is 

recorded for 15 seconds.  

 
Afterwards a short signal beeps, and a message ‘Release 

and breath normally’ appears, paralleled by a voice 
command. The subject returns to normal breathing and has 
to wait until the end of the test (some 20 seconds again). 
Finally, a message ‘Test is finished’ closes the 

examination. Please save the recorded data immediately, 
again, by clicking the ‘Save’ button below. Results of the 
test are available by clicking the ‘Results’ button below on 

the screen. 
 

Relevant parameters: Valsalva maneuver 
VR 

 

 

Valsalva-Ratio 

t max   

 

Timepoint of maximal heart rate 

t min   

 

Timepoint of minimal heart rate 

HRrest   

 

Resting heart rate 

HR max  

 

Maximal heart rate 

HR min  

 

Minimal heart rate 

HR max / HR rest 

Ratio maximal heart rate vers. rest 

HR max - HR rest 

Difference maximal heart rate minus rest 

HR min / HR rest 

Ratio minimal heart rate vers. rest