Failure of omega-3 fatty acids in atrial fibrillation? No deficiency of highly unsaturated fatty acids in the absence of heart failure

Europace

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1357-

  Rupp, Heinz ^a   Rupp, Thomas P ^a   Alter, Peter ^a   Maisch, Bernhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

CARDIOVERSION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 80052190881     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eur149     Document Type: Letter

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