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A Randomized Trial of Colchicine for Acute Pericarditis - The New England Journal of Medicine - 2013

Brief Summary:

In patients experiencing their first episode of acute pericarditis, the addition of colchicine to NSAID or glucocorticoid therapy significantly reduces the rate of incessant or recurrent pericarditis.

Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23992557

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