Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid prevention of cardiac arrhythmia and sudden death: Cellular or circulating?

Current Topics in Nutraceutical Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 101-111

  McLennan, Peter L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calcium; Cardiac arrhythmia; Docosahexaenoic acid; Fish oil; Membrane phospholipid; Oxygen consumption; Phosphoinositide

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSANOID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITIDE; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; DOG; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METABOLIC REGULATION; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SARCOLEMMA; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SUDDEN DEATH;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2442456475     PISSN: 15407535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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