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- Title
Pretreatment with corticosteroids attenuates the efficacy of colchicine in preventing recurrent pericarditis: a multi-centre all-case analysis.
- Authors
Artom, Galit; Koren-Morag, Nira; Spodick, David H.; Brucato, Antonio; Guindo, Joseph; Bayes-de-Luna, Antoni; Brambilla, Giovanni; Finkelstein, Yaron; Granel, Brigitte; Bayes-Genis, Antoni; Schwammenthal, Ehud; Adler, Yehuda
- Abstract
Aims Effective prevention of recurrent pericarditis remains an important yet elusive goal. Corticosteroid therapy often needs to be continued for a prolonged period and causes severe side effects. We performed a multi-centre all-case analysis to investigate the efficacy of colchicine in preventing subsequent relapses of pericarditis, and addressed the hypothesis that pretreatment with corticosteroids may attenuate the beneficial effect of colchicine.
- Publication
European Heart Journal, 2005, Vol 26, Issue 7, p723
- ISSN
0195-668X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/eurheartj/ehi197