Can n-3 PUFA reduce cardiac arrhythmias? Results of a clinical trial

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 153-159

  Singer, P ^a,b   Wirth, M ^a  

^a Inst Fresh Water Ecol Inland F   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; FISH OIL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; OLIVE OIL; PLACEBO; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; THROMBOXANE B2; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MECHANISM; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SERUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ATRIAL PREMATURE COMPLEXES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBOXANE B2; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 3142562335     PISSN: 09523278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2004.03.003     Document Type: Article

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