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SynthesisEuropean heart journal. Cardiovascular pharmacotherapy2021

Omega-3 fatty acids supplementation and risk of atrial fibrillation: an updated meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Marco Lombardi, Salvatore Carbone, Marco Giuseppe Del Buono, Juan Guido Chiabrando, Giovanni Maria Vescovo, Massimiliano Camilli, Rocco Antonio Montone, Rocco Vergallo, Antonio Abbate, Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai and 2 more

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in European heart journal. Cardiovascular pharmacotherapy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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28citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  7. Metabolic and Inflammatory Mechanisms Driving Atrial Fibrillation.Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology · 2026
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  8. [Food supplements and fortified foods: benefits, risks and approaches to consumer protection].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2025
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  19. Current Evidence and Future Directions of Omega-3 Supplementation and Cardiovascular Disease Risk.The International journal of angiology : official publication of the International College of Angiology, Inc · 2024
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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

12 authors.

Marco LombardiDepartment of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Sciences, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4045-2859
Salvatore CarboneDepartment of Kinesiology & Health Sciences, College of Humanities & Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University, 500 Academic Centre, Room 113C, 1020 W Grace Street, Richmond, VA 23220, USA.
Marco Giuseppe Del BuonoDepartment of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Sciences, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
Juan Guido ChiabrandoInterventional Cardiology Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Giovanni Maria VescovoDepartment of Cardiac Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Massimiliano CamilliDepartment of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Sciences, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
Rocco Antonio MontoneDepartment of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Sciences, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
Rocco VergalloDepartment of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Sciences, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
Antonio AbbateDivision of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, VCU Pauley Heart Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
Giuseppe Biondi-ZoccaiDepartment of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Latina, Italy.
Dave L DixonDivision of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, VCU Pauley Heart Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
Filippo CreaDepartment of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Sciences, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.

Funding

Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health Related ResearchUL1TR002649 · NCATS · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI MOELLER, FREDERICK GERARD · 2018 to 2022
$19.1M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002649
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Atrial FibrillationFatty Acids, Omega-3Dietary SupplementsHumansRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicFatty Acids, Omega-3

Identifiers

PMID33910233
PMCPMC8302253

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