Polyunsaturated fatty acids for prevention of atrial fibrillation: A 'fishy story

Europace

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-152

  Savelieva, Irene ^a   Camm, A John ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PLACEBO;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DEFIBRILLATOR; DRUG EFFICACY; FISH; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LOW DRUG DOSE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SUDDEN DEATH;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79251492083     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq520     Document Type: Review

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