Prolonged follow-up after apparently unexplained sudden cardiac arrest: A retrospective study.

Background: We hypothesized that a prolonged follow-up of survivors of unexplained sudden cardiac arrest (USCA) would subsequently unmask electrical heart disorders in a significant proportion of cases.

Patients And Methods: We retrospectively analyzed all out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) admitted alive in our cardiac arrest center over 20-years (2002-2022). The diagnosis of USCA was made when no etiology was found after thorough initial hospital investigations.

Obstructive valve thrombosis after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in Sneddon syndrome without antiphospholipid antibodies.

We study a case of early obstructive leaflet thrombosis following a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in a woman in her 50s with a history of Sneddon syndrome treated by antiplatelet therapy. The thrombosis regressed following the use of vitamin K antagonists (VKA) for 6 weeks. Subacute TAVR leaflet thrombosis reappeared after discontinuation of VKA use.