n-3 Fatty acids and ventricular arrhythmias in patients with ischaemic heart disease and implantable cardioverter defibrillators

Europace

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 338-344

  Christensen, Jeppe Hagstrup ^a   Riahi, Sam ^a   Schmidt, Erik Berg ^a   Mølgaard, Henning ^b   Pedersen, Anders Kirstein ^b   Heath, Finn ^b   Nielsen, Jens Cosedis ^b   Toft, Egon ^c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Fatty acids; Nutrition; Tachyarrhythmias

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEART PROTECTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 20344381281     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eupc.2005.02.118     Document Type: Article

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