Fish Oil and Atrial Fibrillation after Cardiac Surgery: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Xin, Wei ^a   Wei, Wei ^b   Lin, Zhiqin ^c   Zhang, Xiaoxia ^a   Yang, Hongxia ^a   Zhang, Tao ^a   Li, Bin ^a   Mi, Shuhua ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GUIZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; SUPPLEMENTATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FISH OILS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PUBLICATION BIAS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK;

EID: 84883748168     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072913     Document Type: Article

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