Review of Cardiometabolic Effects of Prescription Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Current Atherosclerosis Reports

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2017, Pages

  Burke, Megan F ^a   Burke, Frances M ^a   Soffer, Daniel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha linolenic acid (ALA); Dietary supplement; Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA); Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA); Ethyl ester (EE); Fatty acid (FA); Free FA (FFA); Linoleic acid (LA); Omega 3 FA (n 3FA); Triglycerides (TG)

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; CORN OIL; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; LINOLEIC ACID; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; OMEGA 3 ACID ETHYL ESTER; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PLACEBO; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOTHELIUM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; THROMBOSIS; METABOLIC DISORDER;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; HUMANS; METABOLIC DISEASES;

EID: 85033502141     PISSN: 15233804     EISSN: 15346242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11883-017-0700-z     Document Type: Review

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