Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation reduces one-year risk of atrial fibrillation in patients hospitalized with myocardial infarction

Alejandro Macchia,Simona Monte,Fabio Pellegrini,Marilena Romero,Daniel Ferrante,Hernán C. Doval,Antonio D'Ettorre,Aldo P. Maggioni,Gianni Tognoni

Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation reduces one-year risk of atrial fibrillation in patients hospitalized with myocardial infarction

2008

Alejandro Macchia
Simona Monte
Fabio Pellegrini
Marilena Romero
Daniel Ferrante
Hernán C. Doval
Antonio D'Ettorre
Aldo P. Maggioni
Gianni Tognoni

Purpose Current strategies for avoiding atrial fibrillation (AF) are of limited value. We aim to assess the relationship between omega-3 fatty acids (n-3 PUFA) and AF occurrence in post-myocardial infarction (MI) patients.

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Atrial fibrillation
Anesthesia
Diabetes mellitus
Myocardial infarction
Risk factor
Polyunsaturated fatty acid
Medicine
Fatty acid
Infarction
Cardiology
Surgery
Relative risk
Internal medicine
unsaturated fatty acid
Epidemiology

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