Does Supplementation with Omega-3 PUFAs Add to the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease?

Current Cardiology Reports

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Rizos, Evangelos C ^a,b   Elisaf, Moses S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Death; Fish oil; Myocardial infarction; Omega 3; Polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SUDDEN DEATH; TACHYCARDIA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STROKE; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 85018506175     PISSN: 15233782     EISSN: 15343170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11886-017-0856-8     Document Type: Review

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