Prevention of fatal arrhythmias in high-risk subjects by fish oil n-3 fatty acid intake

Circulation

Volumn 112, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 2762-2768

  Leaf, Alexander ^a   Albert, Christine M ^a,b   Josephson, Mark ^c   Steinhaus, David ^d   Kluger, Jeffrey ^e   Kang, Jing X ^a   Cox, Benjamin ^a   Zhang, Hui ^a   Schoenfeld, David ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cardioversion; Death, sudden; Fatty acids; Heart arrest

Indexed keywords

FISH OIL; OLIVE OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROGRAPHY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FISH OILS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT OILS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TACHYCARDIA; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 27844607043     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.549527     Document Type: Article

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