Effect of n-3 fatty acids from fish on electrocardiographic characteristics in patients with frequent premature ventricular complexes

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 787-790

  Geelen, Anouk ^a   Zock, Peter L ^a   Brouwer, Ingeborg A ^a   Katan, Martijn B ^a   Kors, Jan A ^b   Van Eck, Henk J Ritsema ^b   Schouten, Evert G ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electrocardiogram; Electrophysiology; Heart rate corrected QT interval; n 3 Fatty acids

Indexed keywords

FISH OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FISH; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; T WAVE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AGED; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FISH OILS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 24044444632     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20051429     Document Type: Article

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