Effects of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on malignant ventricular arrhythmias in patients with chronic heart failure and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: A substudy of the Gruppo Italiano per lo Studio della Sopravvivenza nell'Insufficienza Cardiaca (GISSI-HF) trial

American Heart Journal

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Finzi, Andrea A ^a   Latini, Roberto ^b   Barlera, Simona ^b   Rossi, Maria G ^c   Ruggeri, Albarosa ^d   Mezzani, Alessandro ^e   Favero, Chiara ^b   Franzosi, Maria G ^b   Serra, Domenico ^b   Lucci, Donata ^f   Bianchini, Francesca ^f   Bernasconi, Roberto ^b   Maggioni, Aldo P ^f   Nicolosi, Gianluigi ^g   Porcu, Maurizio ^h   Tognoni, Gianni ⁱ   Tavazzi, Luigi ^j   Marchioli, Roberto ⁱ  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c DIVISION OF CARDIOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d POL Madonna della Consolazione   (Italy)

^e IRCCS   (Italy)

^f ANMCO RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^g Cardiology Unit   (Italy)

^h BROTZU HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁱ Laboratorio Angela Valenti dei Fattori Genetici e Ambientali di Rischio Trombotico   (Italy)

^j MARIA CECILIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SHOCK; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 79851479633     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.10.032     Document Type: Article

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