Colchicine for Prevention of Perioperative Atrial Fibrillation and Myocardial Injury After Major Thoracic Surgery: Surgical Subgroup Analyses From the COP-AF Trial

Michael K. Wang; P. J. Devereaux; Ekaterine Popova; Ghazal Razeghi; Christian Finley; Jesus Alvarez-Garcia; Flavia K. Borges; Juan P. Cata; Matthew T.V. Chan; Edith Fleischmann; Farshad Ghasemi; Jose M. Guerra; Giovanni Landoni; William F. McIntyre; Sean R. McLean; Sandra N. Ofori; Cara Reimer; Daniel I. Sessler; Yaron Shargall; Sadeesh K. Srinathan; Vikas Tandon; David Conen

doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezag190

Colchicine for Prevention of Perioperative Atrial Fibrillation and Myocardial Injury After Major Thoracic Surgery: Surgical Subgroup Analyses From the COP-AF Trial

Michael K. Wang
, P. J. Devereaux
, Ekaterine Popova
, Ghazal Razeghi
, Christian Finley
, Jesus Alvarez-Garcia
, Flavia K. Borges
, Juan P. Cata
, Matthew T.V. Chan
, Edith Fleischmann
, Farshad Ghasemi
, Jose M. Guerra
, Giovanni Landoni
, William F. McIntyre
, Sean R. McLean
, Sandra N. Ofori
, Cara Reimer
, Daniel I. Sessler
, Yaron Shargall
, Sadeesh K. Srinathan

Vikas Tandon, David Conen

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Original language	English
Article number	ezag190
Journal	European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery
Volume	68
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezag190
State	Published - Jul 2026
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

atrial fibrillation
colchicine
myocardial injury
randomized controlled trial
thoracic surgery

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Wang, M. K., Devereaux, P. J., Popova, E., Razeghi, G., Finley, C., Alvarez-Garcia, J., Borges, F. K., Cata, J. P., Chan, M. T. V., Fleischmann, E., Ghasemi, F., Guerra, J. M., Landoni, G., McIntyre, W. F., McLean, S. R., Ofori, S. N., Reimer, C., Sessler, D. I., Shargall, Y., ... Conen, D. (2026). Colchicine for Prevention of Perioperative Atrial Fibrillation and Myocardial Injury After Major Thoracic Surgery: Surgical Subgroup Analyses From the COP-AF Trial. European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery, 68(7), Article ezag190. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezag190

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Colchicine for Prevention of Perioperative Atrial Fibrillation and Myocardial Injury After Major Thoracic Surgery: Surgical Subgroup Analyses From the COP-AF Trial. / Wang, Michael K.; Devereaux, P. J.; Popova, Ekaterine et al.
In: European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery, Vol. 68, No. 7, ezag190, 07.2026.

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