Evidence map›Paper›PMID 16456723›Full record

ReviewThe Journal of membrane biology2005

Membrane effects of the n-3 fish oil fatty acids, which prevent fatal ventricular arrhythmias.

A Leaf, Y-F Xiao, J X Kang, G E Billman

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Review in The Journal of membrane biology, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 84 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

A LeafDepartment of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA. aleaf@partners.org
Y-F Xiao
J X Kang
G E Billman
Harvard University · USMassachusetts General Hospital · USMedtronic (United States) · USThe Ohio State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fish oil fatty acids are known to exert beneficial effects on the heart and vascular systems. We have studied the membrane effects on ion channel conductance by the n-3 fish oil fatty acids that account for these beneficial effects. We have confirmed that these fatty acids prevent fatal cardiac arrhythmias in a reliable dog model of sudden cardiac death. This finding was followed by experiments indicating that the n-3 fatty acids electrically stabilize heart cells and do so largely through modulation of the fast voltage-dependent Na(+) currents and the L-type Ca(2+) channels in a manner, which makes the heart cells resistant to arrhythmias. Others and we have demonstrated that these membrane effects on the heart can prevent fatal cardiac arrhythmias in humans.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell MembraneCells, CulturedDogsFatty Acids, Omega-3Fish OilsMembrane PotentialsMyocytes, CardiacTachycardia, VentricularFatty Acids, Omega-3Fish Oils

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PMID16456723
OpenAlexW2081951837

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