title: Omega-3 fatty acids and prevention of arrhythmias.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  There is now a considerable factual basis from laboratory and clinical trials that omega-3 fatty acids of fish oil will prevent fatal arrhythmias in animals and humans and this is the focus of the review.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Several recent trials in humans have strengthened the evidence that omega-3 fatty acids may prevent arrhythmias although this has not been a uniform finding.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Since there are at present some 400 000 deaths annually in the US alone and millions more worldwide, what has been learned about the antiarrhythmic actions of omega-3 fatty acids has considerable potential public-health benefit.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. aleaf@partners.org
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leaf
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3 / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005395:Fish Oils; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic
chemical_list: D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3; D005395:Fish Oils