Selected Reading
- Bilbro RH: Syncope after prostatic examination (letter). N Engl J Med 282:167, 1970
- Earnest DL, Fletcher GF: Danger of rectal examination in patients with acute myocardial infraction: Fact or fiction? N Engl J Med 281:238, 1969
- Fletcher GF et al: Electrocardiographic changes during routine sigmoidoscopy. Arch Intern Med 122:483, 1968
- Gruber PA: Changes in cardiac rate associated with the use of the rectal thermometer in the patient with acute myocardial infarction. Heart Lung 3:288, 1974
- Klein L J et al: Syncope induced by the Valsalva maneuver: A study of the effects of arterial blood gas tensions, glucose concentration, and blood pressure. Am J Med 37:263, 1964
- Kostis JB: Ventricular fibrillation during rectal examination in a patient with acute myocardial infarction (letter). Chest 72:265, 1977
- Pepine CJ, Wiener L: Effects of the Valsalva maneuver on myocardial ischemia in patients with coronary artery disease. Circulation 59:1304, 1979
- Sapira JD: The rectum: In The Art and Science of Bedside Diagnosis, Sapira JD (Ed). Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1990, pp 411–414
- Scott RW, Sancetta SM: Stokes-Adams attacks induced by rectal stimulation in a patient with complete heart block. Circulation 2:886, 1950
- Shaftel N et al: Electrocardiographic changes produced by the Valsalva maneuver in healthy adults. Am J Cardiol 5:473, 1960
- Shaftel N, Shaftel HE, Halpern A: Work-stressor tests and coronary disease. Angiology 13:488, 1962