Chronic Heart Failure

New findings reported from L. Tavazzi and co-authors describe advances in chronic heart failure

Published in Hospital Business Week, November 16th, 2008

According to a study from Cotignola, Italy, " Several epidemiological and experimental studies suggest that n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) can exert favourable effects on atherothrombotic cardiovascular disease, including arrhythmias. We investigated whether n-3 PUFA could improve morbidity and mortality in a large population of patients with symptomatic heart failure of any cause."

" We undertook a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in 326 cardiology and 31 internal medicine centres in Italy. We enrolled patients with chronic heart failure of New York Heart Association class II-IV, irrespective of cause and left ventricular ejection fraction,...

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Source: Hospital Business Week (2008-11-16)

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