Long-term omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation reduces the recurrence of persistent atrial fibrillation after electrical cardioversion

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 483-491

  Kumar, Saurabh ^a,b   Sutherland, Fiona ^a   Morton, Joseph B ^a   Lee, Geoffrey ^a,b   Morgan, John ^a   Wong, James ^a,b   Eccleston, David E ^a   Voukelatos, John ^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

Amiodarone; Atrial fibrillation; Cardioversion; Docosahexaenoic acid; Eicosapenataenoic acid; Fish oils; Omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids; Sotalol

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; SOTALOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT DURATION;

AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SOTALOL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84862777138     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.11.034     Document Type: Article

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