Fish Oil Supplements May Increase the Risk for Atrial Fibrillation: What Does This Mean?

Circulation. 2021 Dec 21;144(25):1991-1994. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.057464. Epub 2021 Dec 20.

Authors

Michelle Samuel¹, Stanley Nattel^{1

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3}

Affiliations

¹ Research Center and Department of Medicine, Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, Canada (M.S., S.N.).
² Institute of Pharmacology, West German Heart and Vascular Center, Faculty of Medicine, University Duisburg-Essen (S.N.).
³ Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire - l'Institut de Rythmologie et Modélisation Cardiaque (IHU LIRYC) and Fondation Bordeaux Université, France (S.N.).

PMID: 34928703
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.057464

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; arrhythmias, cardiac; fatty acids, omega-3.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Atrial Fibrillation* / chemically induced
Atrial Fibrillation* / diagnosis
Atrial Fibrillation* / epidemiology
Dietary Supplements / adverse effects
Fish Oils* / adverse effects
Humans

Substances

Fish Oils

Grants and funding

CIHR/Canada