Low serum eicosapentaenoic acid level is a risk for ventricular arrhythmia in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a possible link to J-waves

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 847-854

  Endo, Tomohide ^a   Tomita, Hirofumi ^a   Higuma, Takumi ^a   Abe, Naoki ^a   Kushibiki, Motoi ^a   Saitoh, Shin ^a   Yamada, Masahiro ^a   Yokota, Takashi ^a   Echizen, Takashi ^a   Yokoyama, Hiroaki ^a   Tateyama, Shunta ^a   Suzuki, Akiko ^a   Ishida, Yuji ^a   Murakami, Kazuo ^a   Osanai, Tomohiro ^a   Okumura, Ken ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Eicosapentaenoic acid; J wave; Ventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID;

AGED; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 84936747799     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: 16152573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-013-0435-x     Document Type: Article

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