Rationale and design of the colchicine for prevention of the post-pericardiotomy syndrome and post-operative atrial fibrillation (COPPS-2 trial): A randomized, placebo-controlled, multicenter study on the use of colchicine for the primary prevention of the postpericardiotomy syndrome, postoperative effusions, and postoperative atrial fibrillation

American Heart Journal

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Imazio, Massimo ^a   Belli, Riccardo ^a   Brucato, Antonio ^b   Ferrazzi, Paolo ^b   Patrini, Davide ^c   Martinelli, Luigi ^d   Polizzi, Vincenzo ^e   Cemin, Roberto ^f   Leggieri, Anna ^a   Caforio, Alida L P ^g   Finkelstein, Yaron ^h   Hoit, Brian ⁱ   Maisch, Bernhard ^j   Mayosi, Bongani M ^k   Oh, Jae K ^l   Ristic, Arsen D ^m   Seferovic, Petar ^m   Spodick, David H ⁿ   Adler, Yehuda ^o  

^a MARIA VITTORIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^c Humanitas Gavazzeni Hospital   (Italy)

^d OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^e SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f Ospedale Regionale San Maurizio   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^h HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^j PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^l MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

ⁿ SAINT VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^o SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HEART TAMPONADE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTPERICARDIOTOMY SYNDROME; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; THORACOCENTESIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84879780646     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2013.03.025     Document Type: Article

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