title: Ventricular tachycardia induced by Valsalva's manoeuvre in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
abstract: We describe a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who developed reproducible ventricular tachycardia during Valsalva's manoeuvre. This phenomenon has not previously been described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Northwick Park Hospital, Middlesex, U.K.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: L O
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Raftery
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014636:Valsalva Maneuver