Immediate effects of n-3 fatty acid infusion on the induction of sustained ventricular tachycardia

Lancet

Volumn 363, Issue 9419, 2004, Pages 1441-1442

  Schrepf, Rainer ^a   Limmert, Tanja ^a   Weber, Peter Claus ^a   Theisen, Karl ^a   Sellmayer, Alois ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEART DEATH; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE EXCITABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 2342502655     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)16105-9     Document Type: Article

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