Drugs, ablation, denervation... and now fish oil: The global war on AF

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1195-1199

  Mazgalev, Todor N ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; FISH OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; SOTALOL; SPIDER VENOM; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATHETER ABLATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DENERVATION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART PROTECTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ISOLATED HEART; LIPID COMPOSITION; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; QT PROLONGATION; REFRACTORY PERIOD; DENERVATION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DENERVATION; FISH OILS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS;

EID: 33644803159     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2005.50292.x     Document Type: Note

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