PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Sinclair, Heather Q.
ED  - Imazio, Massimo
TI  - Preventing Postpericardiotomy Syndrome with Colchicine: Results from the COPPS Study
DP  - 2010 Dec 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 15--15
VI  - 10
IP  - 8
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/10/8/15.1.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/10/8/15.1.full
AB  - Postpericardiotomy syndrome (PPS), a complication that often follows cardiac surgery, occurs in 10% to 45% of patients, and though some treatment approaches may be used, optimal treatment for PPS prevention has yet to be established [Finkelstein Y et al. Herz 2002]. This article discusss results from the COlchicine for the Prevention of the Postpericardiotomy Syndrome [COPPS; NCT00128427].