OMEGA, a randomized, placebo-controlled trial to test the effect of highly purified omega-3 fatty acids on top of modern guideline-adjusted therapy after myocardial infarction

Circulation

Volumn 122, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 2152-2159

  Rauch, Bernhard ^a   Schiele, Rudolf ^b   Schneider, Steffen ^a   Diller, Frank ^a   Victor, Norbert ^a   Gohlke, Helmut ^c   Gottwik, Martin ^a   Steinbeck, Gerhard ^d   Del Castillo, Ulrike ^e   Sack, Rudolf ^f   Worth, Heinrich ^g   Katus, Hugo ^h   Spitzer, Wilhelm ⁱ   Sabin, Georg ^j   Senges, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM LUDWIGSHAFEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER FREIBURG BAD KROZINGEN   (Germany)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e Trommsdorff Arzneimittel ^*  (Germany)

^f Elisabeth Krankenhaus   (Germany)

^g KLINIKUM FÜRTH   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

ⁱ Klinik Neustadt/Aisch   (Germany)

^j ELISABETH KRANKENHAUS ESSEN   (Germany)

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Author keywords

death, sudden; fatty acids; myocardial infarction; omega 3 fatty acids; prevention

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; OMEGA 3 ACID ETHYL ESTER 90; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PHENPROCOUMON; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FISH; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SUDDEN DEATH;

AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PLACEBO EFFECT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SEAFOOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650169331     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.948562     Document Type: Article

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