Fish Oil and Post-Operative Atrial Fibrillation
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- Authors
- Mozaffarian, D., Wu, J. H. Y., de Oliveira Otto, M. C., Sandesara, C. M., Metcalf, R. G., Latini, R., Libby, P., Lombardi, F., O'Gara, P. T., Page, R. L., Silletta, M. G., Tavazzi, L., & Marchioli, R.
- Affiliations
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Royal Adelaide Hospital (AU)
- Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research (IT)
- University of Milan (IT)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Mario Negri Sud Foundation (IT)
- Maria Cecilia Hospital (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Mozaffarian, Dariush
- ORCID
- Venue
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2013-05
- Volume
- 61
- Issue
- 21
- Pages
- 2194-2196
- ISSN
- 0735-1097 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3697850
- OpenAlex
- W107170187
- Cited by
- 57
- References
- 8
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 5
- FWCI
- 5.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Archivio Istituzionale della Ricerca (Universita Degli Studi Di Milano) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health (RC2-HL101816)
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Sigma Tau
- Pronova Biopharma
- SPA
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Fatty Acid Research and Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Keywords
- postoperative atrial fibrillation, fish oil, omega-3 fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid, docosahexaenoic acid, cardiac surgery, valve surgery, surgical complications, health care costs, postoperative quality of life
- MeSH terms
- Atrial Fibrillation, Fish Oils, Cardiac Surgical Procedures, Humans, Postoperative Care, Postoperative Complications, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
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