Omega-3 fatty acids and heart failure

Current Atherosclerosis Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 440-447

  Marchioli, Roberto ^a   Silletta, Maria Giuseppina ^b   Levantesi, Giacomo ^b   Pioggiarella, Raffaella ^b  

^a Consorzio Mario Negri Sud ^*  (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PLACEBO;

ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; HEART FAILURE; HEART PROTECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FISH OILS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70449581325     PISSN: 15233804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11883-009-0066-y     Document Type: Review

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