Dietary n-3 fatty acids in the prevention of lethal cardiac arrhythmias

Current Opinion in Lipidology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 4-6

  Leaf, Alexander ^a,b   Kang, Jing X ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FAT INTAKE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030888789     PISSN: 09579672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041433-199702000-00002     Document Type: Short Survey

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