Effects of chronic omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation on human atrial mechanical function after reversion of atrial arrhythmias to sinus rhythm: Reversal of tachycardia-mediated atrial cardiomyopathy with fish oils

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 643-649

  Kumar, Saurabh ^a,b   Sutherland, Fiona ^a   Wheeler, Miriam ^a   Heck, Patrick M ^a   Lee, Geoffrey ^a,b   Teh, Andrew W ^a,b   Garg, Manohar L ^c   Morgan, John G ^a   Sparks, Paul B ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter; Atrial mechanical stunning; Cardioversion; Fish oils; Omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids; Tachycardia mediated atrial cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SINUS RHYTHM; TACHYCARDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL STUNNING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955389941     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.01.014     Document Type: Article

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