Increasing Venous Return Blood Flow to the Right Atrium Using the Party Balloon Inflation Maneuver

Akihisa Kataoka, MD, PhD; Kento Kito, MD; Kazuyo Shirakura, RDCS; Taiga Katayama, MD, PhD; Ken Kozuma, MD, PhD

JACC: Case Reports (Sep 2023)

Increasing Venous Return Blood Flow to the Right Atrium Using the Party Balloon Inflation Maneuver

Akihisa Kataoka, MD, PhD,
Kento Kito, MD,
Kazuyo Shirakura, RDCS,
Taiga Katayama, MD, PhD,
Ken Kozuma, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Akihisa Kataoka, MD, PhD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan; Address for correspondence: Dr Akihisa Kataoka, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8605, Japan.
Kento Kito, MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan
Kazuyo Shirakura, RDCS: Department of Clinical Laboratory, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan
Taiga Katayama, MD, PhD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan
Ken Kozuma, MD, PhD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 22
p. 101997

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The party balloon inflation maneuver increases intrathoracic pressure, decreases venous return, and after release enhances venous return to the right atrium more effectively than does the conventional Valsalva maneuver. Therefore, it shows potential for more effective detection of right-to-left shunts in patients with a patent foramen ovale. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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