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