Colchicine for stroke prevention in patients with coronary artery disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Aristeidis H KatsanosL PalaiodimouC PriceSotirios GiannopoulosR LemmensM KosmidouM K GeorgakisC WeimarP J KellyGeorgios K Tsivgoulis

Published in: European journal of neurology (2020)

Colchicine treatment decreases stroke risk in patients with a history of coronary artery disease. The effect of colchicine in secondary stroke prevention is currently being evaluated in an ongoing RCT.

Keyphrases

atrial fibrillation
coronary artery disease
heart failure
percutaneous coronary intervention
cerebral ischemia
coronary artery bypass grafting
left ventricular
transcatheter aortic valve replacement