Fish oil fatty acids as cardiovascular drugs

Current Vascular Pharmacology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-12

  Leaf, Alexander ^a   Kang, Jing X ^a   Xiao, Yong Fu ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Myocardial infarction; N 3 fatty acids; Rat cardiomyocytes; Sudden Cardiac Death; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OLIVE OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCIUM CURRENT; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG STRUCTURE; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FISHY TASTE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SODIUM CURRENT; SUDDEN DEATH; TASTE DISORDER; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; ANIMAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL CULTURE; DOG; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; RAT;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CELLS, CULTURED; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DOGS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FISH OILS; HUMANS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; RATS;

EID: 43249091138     PISSN: 15701611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157016108783331286     Document Type: Review

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