Oculocardiac reflex
Reflejo óculo-cardíaco
- Date
- 1908 · confidence medium
- Place
- Vienna, Austria
- Credited to
- Bernhard Aschner
- Field
- Life & health
What was discovered
A reflex causing a decrease in heart rate when traction is applied to the extraocular muscles or pressure to the eyeball, described by Austrian physician Bernhard Aschner.
What it led to
- clinical use as a maneuver to revert supraventricular tachycardia
- attention to bradycardia risk in ophthalmic and strabismus surgery
- inclusion in the family of trigeminocardiac reflexes