Prevention of cardiac arrhythmia by dietary (n-3) polyunsaturated fatty acids and their mechanism of action

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 383-393

  Nair, Sudheera S D ^a   Leitch, James W ^b   Falconer, John ^b   Garg, Manohar L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

(n 3) fatty acids; cardiac arrhythmia; cardiovascular disease; dogs; electrophysiology; humans; marmoset monkeys; rats

Indexed keywords

7 [5 (4 BIPHENYLYLMETHOXY) 2 MORPHOLINO 3 OXOCYCLOPENTYL] 4 HEPTENOIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM MAGNESIUM); ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CALCIUM CHANNEL; DAZMEGREL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; LINSEED OIL; MENHADEN OIL; MYRISTIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; OLIVE OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PLACEBO; PROSTACYCLIN; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SOYBEAN OIL; STEARIC ACID; SUNFLOWER OIL; THROMBOXANE A2;

ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FAT INTAKE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; ICOSANOID METABOLISM; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHOSPHOINOSITIDE METABOLISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; GLYCINE MAX; HELIANTHUS; MARMOSETS;

EID: 0030966401     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/127.3.383     Document Type: Review

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