Omega-3 fatty acids, ventricular arrhythmias, and sudden cardiac death: Antiarrhythmic, proarrhythmic, or neither

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 456-459

  Albert, Christine M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Death; Editorials; Omega 3 fatty acids; Sudden (if survivinguse heart arrest) ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PLACEBO;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOG; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPOLARIZATION; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH;

ANIMALS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; MALE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 84863661558     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.112.971416     Document Type: Review

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