Effects of chronic omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation on human atrial electrophysiology

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 562-568

  Kumar, Saurabh ^a,b   Sutherland, Fiona ^a   Rosso, Raphael ^a   Teh, Andrew W ^a,b   Lee, Geoffrey ^a,b   Heck, Patrick M ^a   Feldman, Alexander ^a   Medi, Caroline ^a,b   Watt, Shannon ^a   Garg, Manohar L ^c   Sparks, Paul B ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Docosahexaenoic acid; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Fish oils; Human atrial electrophysiology; Inducible atrial fibrillation; Omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ISOPRENALINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; CORONARY SINUS CONDUCTION; CORONARY SINUS EFFECTIVE REFRACTORY PERIOD; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INTERATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART INTRAATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM EFFECTIVE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HUMAN; MALE; MAXIMAL HEART CONDUCTION DELAY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FISH OILS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953246633     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.12.017     Document Type: Article

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