Preoperative n-3 polyunsatured fatty acids are associated with a decrease in the incidence of early atrial fibrillation following cardiac surgery

Angiology

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 643-650

  Mariscalco, Giovanni ^a   Sarzi Braga, Simona ^b,c   Banach, MacIej ^d   Borsani, Paolo ^a   Bruno, Vito Domenico ^a   Napoleone, Martha ^a   Vitale, Cristina ^a   Piffaretti, Gabriele ^a   Pedretti, Roberto F E ^b   Sala, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c Galmarini Hospital   (Italy)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; cardiac surgery; n 3 polyunsatured fatty acids

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART REHABILITATION; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956474516     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319710370962     Document Type: Article

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