title: Dizziness Playing the Saxophone Secondary to Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
abstract: A decrease in left ventricular volume increases the severity of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, formerly called idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis. Because of this, a musician with the condition develops dizziness playing his saxophone which requires repeated and prolonged Valsalva maneuvers.
authors.affiliation: Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana. Electronic address: dglanc@lsuhsc.edu.
authors.forename: David Luke
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Glancy
mesh_terms: D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004244:Dizziness; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009146:Music; D005082:Physical Exertion