Prevention of recurrent pericarditis with colchicine in 2012

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 125-128

  Markel, Gal ^a,b   Imazio, Massimo ^c   Brucato, Antonio ^d   Adler, Yehuda ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MARIA VITTORIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; MONOTHERAPY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERICARDIOTOMY; PERICARDITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK REDUCTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TUBERCULOUS PERICARDITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; COLCHICINE; HUMANS; PERICARDITIS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875278295     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: 19328737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.22098     Document Type: Article

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