Clinical prevention of sudden cardiac death by n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and mechanism of prevention of arrhythmias by n-3 fish oils

Circulation

Volumn 107, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 2646-2652

  Leaf, Alexander ^a,c   Kang, Jing X ^a   Xiao, Yong Fu ^a   Billman, George E ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Bldg 149 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Action potentials; Antiarrhythmia agents; Arrhythmia; Death, sudden; Fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0037534877     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000069566.78305.33     Document Type: Review

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