Colchicine for prevention of early atrial fibrillation recurrence after pulmonary vein isolation: A randomized controlled study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 60, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 1790-1796

  Deftereos, Spyridon ^a   Giannopoulos, Georgios ^a   Kossyvakis, Charalambos ^a   Efremidis, Michael ^b   Panagopoulou, Vasiliki ^a   Kaoukis, Andreas ^a   Raisakis, Konstantinos ^a   Bouras, Georgios ^a   Angelidis, Christos ^a   Theodorakis, Andreas ^c   Driva, Metaxia ^a   Doudoumis, Konstantinos ^a   Pyrgakis, Vlasios ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^d  

^a G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c Mesologgi General Hospital   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

ablation; atrial fibrillation; C reactive protein; colchicine; inflammation; interleukin 6; radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; COLCHICINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COLCHICINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PLACEBOS; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBULIN MODULATORS;

EID: 84867890410     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.07.031     Document Type: Article

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