Omega-6 and trans fatty acids in blood cell membranes: A risk factor for acute coronary syndromes?

American Heart Journal

Volumn 156, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1117-1123

  Block, Robert C ^a   Harris, William S ^b,c   Reid, Kimberly J ^b   Spertus, John A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; TRANS FATTY ACID;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOMER; LIPID COMPOSITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ARACHIDONIC ACID; AUSTRIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLESTEROL; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINOLEIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OLEIC ACID; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; TRANS FATTY ACIDS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 56349113182     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.07.014     Document Type: Article

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