Omega-3 fatty acids improve blood pressure control and preserve renal function in hypertensive heart transplant recipients

European Heart Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 428-436

  Holm, T ^a,b   Andreassen, A K ^a   Aukrust, P ^a   Andersen, K ^a   Geiran, O R ^a   Kjekshus, J ^a   Simonsen, S ^a   Gullestad, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Heart transplantation; Hypertension; Kidney; Omega 3 fatty acids

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CREATININE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034937851     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.2000.2369     Document Type: Article

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