Association Between Omega‐3 Fatty Acid Levels and Risk for Incident Major Bleeding Events and Atrial Fibrillation: MESA

Association Between Omega‐3 Fatty Acid Levels and Risk for Incident Major Bleeding Events and Atrial Fibrillation: MESA

Background Randomized trials of pharmacologic strength omega‐3 fatty acid (n3‐FA)–based therapies suggest a dose‐dependent cardiovascular benefit. Whether blood n3‐FA levels also mediate safety signals observed in these trials, such as increased bleeding and atrial fibrillation (AF), remains uncerta...

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Main Authors: Karan Kapoor, Abdulhamied Alfaddagh, Mahmoud Al Rifai, Deepak L. Bhatt, Matthew J. Budoff, Khurram Nasir, Michael Miller, Francine K. Welty, J. William McEvoy, Zeina Dardari, Michael D. Shapiro, Roger S. Blumenthal, Michael Y. Tsai, Michael J. Blaha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-06-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
arrhythmia
atrial fibrillation
bleeding
docosahexaenoic acid
eicosapentaenoic acid
omega‐3
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.121.021431

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