Superior vena cava stenosis presenting with bendopnea

Mozhu Li; Seth Toomay; Mark H Drazner; Jennifer T Thibodeau

doi:10.1136/bcr-2021-242418

Superior vena cava stenosis presenting with bendopnea

BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Apr 21;14(4):e242418. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-242418.

Authors

Mozhu Li¹, Seth Toomay², Mark H Drazner³, Jennifer T Thibodeau⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
² Divison of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
³ Division of Cardiology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
⁴ Division of Cardiology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA jennifer.thibodeau@utsouthwestern.edu.

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.

Keywords: clinical diagnostic tests; heart failure.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Constriction, Pathologic
Dyspnea / etiology
Heart Failure*
Humans
Superior Vena Cava Syndrome* / diagnostic imaging
Superior Vena Cava Syndrome* / etiology
Vascular Diseases*
Vena Cava, Superior / diagnostic imaging