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Ventricular fibrillation (VF) is characterized by rapid (>300 beats a per minute), irregular electrical activation with variable electrocardiographic waveforms that prevents coordinated myocardial contraction, resulting in immediate loss of cardiac output.1 It most commonly occurs in the context of coronary artery disease.2,3 Resuscitation efforts are critically time-dependent: with each minute of untreated VF, the survival rate declines […]

Jean Claude Tardif, AHA 2019 – Results from the COLCOT trial

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Published Online: Dec 12th 2019

Jean-Claude Tardif (Director of the Research Centre, Montreal Heart Institute and Professor of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada) reviews the results from the COLchicine Cardiovascular Outcomes Trial (COLCOT), presented at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2019.

Speaker’s Disclosures: Dr. Tardif reports grants from Government of Quebec; grants from Amarin, grants and personal fees from Astra Zeneca, grants, personal fees and other from DalCor, grants from Esperion, grants from Ionis, grants and personal fees from Pfizer, grants and personal fees from Sanofi, grants and personal fees from Servier.

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