Letter by Alter and Rupp regarding article, "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 124, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Alter, Peter ^a   Rupp, Heinz ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 120; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL STUDY; DRUG HALF LIFE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LETTER; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUDDEN DEATH; WALL STRESS;

DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 79960352487     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.013607     Document Type: Letter

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