Colchicine in Treatment of Intractable Postpericardiotomy Syndrome in an Elderly Patient

Postpericardiotomy syndrome is a specific type of acute pericarditis because of a delayed pericardial and/or pleural reaction after thoracic surgery. Relapse after aspirin, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, and/or steroid treatment or intractable to this conventional therapy causes a troublesome...

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Main Authors: Lin-Shong Li, Chun-Fu Chen, Der-Yan Tai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Medicine (TSGECM) 2011-06-01
Series:International Journal of Gerontology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873959811000330