Autonomic function, omega-3, and cardiovascular risk

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Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1088-1091

  Abuissa, Hussam ^a,b   O'Keefe Jr , James H ^a,b   Harris, William ^a,b   Lavie, Carl J ^a,c,d  

^a Mid America Heart Institute ^*

^b Mid America Heart Institute   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONOTROPISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PRELOAD; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART REHABILITATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KINESIOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SINUS RHYTHM; SUDDEN DEATH; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VAGUS TONE; VENOUS RETURN; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART RATE; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CORONARY DISEASE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; HEART RATE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 19044367741     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.127.4.1088     Document Type: Editorial

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