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ReviewNutrients2018

Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Their Potential Therapeutic Role in Cardiovascular System Disorders-A Review.

Ewa Sokoła-Wysoczańska, Tomasz Wysoczański, Jolanta Wagner, Katarzyna Czyż, Robert Bodkowski, Stanisław Lochyński, Bożena Patkowska-Sokoła

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In one paragraph

Review in Nutrients, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 139 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
139citing papers in PubMed
18.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

139 citing papers in PubMed, 356 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ewa Sokoła-WysoczańskaThe Lumina Cordis Foundation, Szymanowskiego Street 2/a, 51-609 Wroclaw, Poland. sokola@libero.it.
Tomasz WysoczańskiFLC Pharma Ltd., Wroclaw Technology Park Muchoborska Street 18, 54-424 Wroclaw, Poland. tomasz.wysoczanski@gmail.com.
Jolanta WagnerFLC Pharma Ltd., Wroclaw Technology Park Muchoborska Street 18, 54-424 Wroclaw, Poland. jolanta.pekala@flcpharma.com.
Katarzyna CzyżInstitute of Animal Breeding, Faculty of Biology and Animal Sciences, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Chelmonskiego Street 38c, 50-001 Wroclaw, Poland. katarzyna.czyz@upwr.edu.pl.
Robert BodkowskiInstitute of Animal Breeding, Faculty of Biology and Animal Sciences, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Chelmonskiego Street 38c, 50-001 Wroclaw, Poland. robert.bodkowski@upwr.edu.pl.
Stanisław LochyńskiDepartment of Bioorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Technology, Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego Street 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland. stanislaw.lochynski@pwr.edu.pl.
Bożena Patkowska-SokołaInstitute of Animal Breeding, Faculty of Biology and Animal Sciences, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Chelmonskiego Street 38c, 50-001 Wroclaw, Poland. bozena.patkowska-sokola@upwr.edu.pl.
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences · PLWrocław University of Science and Technology · PLWrocław Technology Park · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiovascular diseases are described as the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in modern societies. Therefore, the importance of cardiovascular diseases prevention is widely reflected in the increasing number of reports on the topic among the key scientific research efforts of the recent period. The importance of essential fatty acids (EFAs) has been recognized in the fields of cardiac science and cardiac medicine, with the significant effects of various fatty acids having been confirmed by experimental studies. Polyunsaturated fatty acids are considered to be important versatile mediators for improving and maintaining human health over the entire lifespan, however, only the cardiac effect has been extensively documented. Recently, it has been shown that omega-3 fatty acids may play a beneficial role in several human pathologies, such as obesity and diabetes mellitus type 2, and are also associated with a reduced incidence of stroke and atherosclerosis, and decreased incidence of cardiovascular diseases. A reasonable diet and wise supplementation of omega-3 EFAs are essential in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases prevention and treatment.

Indexed as

Fatty Acids, UnsaturatedCardiovascular DiseasesDietary SupplementsHumansFatty Acids, Unsaturatedalpha-linoleic acid (ALA)cardiovascular systemdocosahexaenoic acid (DHA)eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA)lipidsnutritionomega-3 fatty acids

Identifiers

PMID30347877
PMCPMC6213446
OpenAlexW2897377340

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