Fish oil and post-operative atrial fibrillation: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 61, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 2194-2196

  Mozaffarian, Dariush ^a,b   Wu, Jason H Y ^b   De Oliveira Otto, Marcia C ^b   Sandesara, Chirag M ^c   Metcalf, Robert G ^d   Latini, Roberto ^e   Libby, Peter ^a   Lombardi, Federico ^f   O'Gara, Patrick T ^a   Page, Richard L ^g   Silletta, Maria G ^h   Tavazzi, Luigi ⁱ   Marchioli, Roberto ^h  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Virginia Cardiovascular Associates   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h School of Medicine and Public Health ^*  (Italy)

ⁱ MARIA CECILIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH OIL; PLACEBO;

BLEEDING; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; LETTER; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FISH OILS; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84877987901     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.02.045     Document Type: Letter

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