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In this prospective single-center cohort study, we included patients who developed hemopericardium requiring pericardiocentesis during RFCA for AF. All patients underwent immediate percutaneous drainage. Colchicine (0.6 mg twice daily for 14 days) was prescribed at the operator\u2019s discretion. The primary outcome was freedom from AF or atrial tachycardia (AT) at 12 months after a 3-month blanking period. Among 2133 patients undergoing RFCA, 75 (3.5%) developed hemopericardium. Of these, 21 received colchicine and 54 received usual care. During a median follow-up of 367 days, freedom from AF\/AT did not differ between groups (76.2% vs. 74.1%, log-rank p = 0.93). Residual pericardial effusion was infrequent and resolved in all patients by 3 months. Although colchicine was not associated with a reduction in atrial arrhythmia recurrence, patients receiving colchicine had lower CRP levels at 3 months than those receiving usual care (p = 0.021). However, treatment-limiting adverse events occurred in 6 of 21 patients (28.6%) receiving colchicine. No cases of constrictive pericarditis were observed. In patients with procedural hemopericardium during AF ablation, prompt pericardial drainage was associated with favorable clinical outcomes and absence of long-term pericardial sequelae. Adjunctive colchicine therapy was not associated with a significant reduction in arrhythmia recurrence; however, given the small sample size and limited number of events, a clinically meaningful treatment effect cannot be excluded.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcdd13090407","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,24]],"date-time":"2026-08-24T10:07:53Z","timestamp":1787566073000},"page":"407","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Long-Term Clinical Outcomes After Procedural Hemopericardium Requiring Pericardiocentesis During Atrial Fibrillation Ablation"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Soohyun","family":"Kim","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Incheon St. Mary\u2019s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon 21431, Republic of Korea"},{"name":"Catholic Research Institute for Intractable Cardiovascular Disease, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Soyoon","family":"Park","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Catholic Research Institute for Intractable Cardiovascular Disease, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea"},{"name":"Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary\u2019s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hwajung","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Catholic Research Institute for Intractable Cardiovascular Disease, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea"},{"name":"Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yeouido St. Mary\u2019s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 07345, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3900-1943","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Young","family":"Choi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Catholic Research Institute for Intractable Cardiovascular Disease, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea"},{"name":"Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary\u2019s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yong-Seog","family":"Oh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Catholic Research Institute for Intractable Cardiovascular Disease, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea"},{"name":"Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary\u2019s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6805-0416","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sung-Hwan","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Cardiology, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul 05505, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3314","DOI":"10.1093\/eurheartj\/ehae176","article-title":"2024 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)","volume":"45","author":"Rienstra","year":"2024","journal-title":"Eur. 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