Li M, Toomay S, Drazner MH, Thibodeau JT. Superior vena cava stenosis presenting with bendopnea.
BMJ Case Rep 2021;
14:14/4/e242418. [PMID:
33883121 PMCID:
PMC8061806 DOI:
10.1136/bcr-2021-242418]
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Abstract
Bendopnea, or dyspnoea with bending forward, is a recently described symptom of heart failure that is associated with elevated ventricular filling pressures. Here, we describe a case of superior vena cava (SVC) stenosis that presented with bendopnea and resolved with SVC recanalisation. We suggest that SVC stenosis be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients who experience bendopnea.
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