Is Colchicine Useful to Prevent Post-AF Ablation Pericarditis?: A Question in Search of an Answer

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Antonio Raviele. JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2023 Jul.

. 2023 Jul;9(7 Pt 2):1067-1069.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacep.2023.02.015. Epub 2023 Apr 19.

¹ Alliance to Fight Atrial Fibrillation (ALFA), Venice-Mestre, Italy. Electronic address: dr.raviele@gmail.com.

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Keywords: acute pericarditis; atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; colchicine.

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Funding Support and Author Disclosures The author has reported that he has no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.

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