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