Colchicine may be of benefit for primary prevention of pericarditis and pericardial effusions in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.[32][33][34] However, in the opinion of our expert, it is not routinely used in practice.
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Colchicine may be of benefit for secondary prevention of pericarditis.[32]Imazio M, Brucato A, Forno D, et al. Efficacy and safety of colchicine for pericarditis prevention. Systematic review and meta-analysis. Heart. 2012 Jul;98(14):1078-82.
http://heart.bmj.com/content/98/14/1078.long
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22442198?tool=bestpractice.com
[34]Lutschinger LL, Rigopoulos AG, Schlattmann P, et al. Meta-analysis for the value of colchicine for the therapy of pericarditis and of postpericardiotomy syndrome. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2019 Sep 2;19(1):207.
https://www.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-019-1190-4
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31477020?tool=bestpractice.com
[82]Alabed S, Cabello JB, Irving GJ, et al. Colchicine for pericarditis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Aug 28;(8):CD010652.
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