Omega 3 fatty acids and cardiovascular outcomes: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 808-818

  Kotwal, Sradha ^a   Jun, Min ^a   Sullivan, David ^a   Perkovic, Vlado ^a   Neal, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiac outcomes; Cardiovascular disease; Fatty acids; Meta analysis; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EMBASE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873667731     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.112.966168     Document Type: Review

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