Table 5.
Postoperative echocardiographic parameters.
| Parameters | Colchicine (n = 113) |
Placebo (n = 127) |
p |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postoperative day 3 | |||
| LVEF, % | 55 (52; 56.8) | 55 (53; 57) | 0.182 |
| iESV | 19.8 (16.2; 25.2) | 20.1 (17.3; 23.8) | 0.954 |
| iEDV | 44.4 (40; 54.4) | 44.4 (39.4; 51.2) | 0.372 |
| Pericardial effusion, n (%) | 11 (9.5) | 20 (15.8) | 0.146 |
| Pericardial effusion, mm | 3.5 (2.5; 4) | 5 (5; 9) | 0.006 |
| Pleural effusion, n (%) | 48 (43) | 51 (40.5) | 0.698 |
| Pleural effusion, mm | 18 (12; 20) | 20 (15; 26) | 0.063 |
| Postoperative day 5 | |||
| LVEF, % | 55.6 (53; 58) | 55 (54; 58) | 0.511 |
| iESV | 19.7 (16.2; 23.4) | 19.6 (16.6; 23.8) | 0.867 |
| iEDV | 45.3 (38.3; 53.3) | 45 (38.5; 53.9) | 0.818 |
| Pericardial effusion, n (%) | 23 (20.4) | 28 (22.1) | 0.745 |
| Pericardial effusion, mm | 5 (3; 6) | 5 (5; 6) | 0.122 |
| Pleural effusion, n (%) | 49 (43.3) | 60 (47) | 0.491 |
| Pleural effusion, mm | 19.5 (10; 26) | 20 (15; 32) | 0.034 |
LVEF—left ventricular ejection fraction, iESV—end-systolic volume index, iEDV—end-diastolic volume index.