The effects colchicine administration for acute pericardial effusion after radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) of atrial fibrillation on the recurrences of arrhythmia.
RFCA was started as a rhythm control of atrial fibrillation about 10 years before and the superiority of RFCA to medical treatment has been continuously reporting, so RFCA is globally performed nowadays. Acute pericardial effusion could occur during RFCA as complication, that might be developed to cardiac tamponade needed immediate pericardiocentesis. The inflammation developed after pericardiocentesis might be associated with the recurrences of atrial fibrillation, it could be presumed by the frequent occurrence of atrial fibrillation after open-heart surgery. The inflammation can be suppressed by administration of colchicine and the effects of colchicine have been proven to decrease the development of atrial fibrillation.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
20
Impact of Colchicine therapy on arrhythmia Recurrence after Acute Pericardial Effusion following Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation
Seoul St Mary's Hospital
Seoul, Seo Cho Gu, South Korea
recurrence of atrial arrhythimia
Assessment of the recurrence of atrial arrhythimia 1 year after colchicines administration
Time frame: 1 year after colchicines administration
recurrence of atrial arrhythimia
Assessment of the recurrence of atrial arrhythimia 3 year after colchicines administration
Time frame: 3 year after colchicines administration
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