Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation reduced atrial fibrillation recurrence after pulmonary vein antrum isolation

Dimpi Patel, Mazen Shaheen, Preeti Venkatraman, Luciana Armaganijan, Javier E. Sanchez, Rodney P. Horton, Luigi Di Biase, Prasant Mohanty, Robert Canby, Shane M. Bailey, J. David Burkhardt, G. Joesph Gallinghouse, Jason D. Zagrodzky, Marketa Kozeluhova, Andrea Natale

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Abstract

Objective: To assess if patients treated with omega-3(n-3) polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAS) had lower procedural failure rates compared to an untreated population. Methods and Results: From January 2004 to 2007, 1500 PVAI patients underwent catheter ablation. Two hundred and eighty five (19%) patients were treated with PUFAs. These patients were matched in a nested case controlled analysis. After matching, there were 129 patients in the PUFA group and 129 in the control group. Thirty-five (27.1%) patients in the study group had early recurrence vs. 57 (44.1%) in the control group p-value<0.0001. Twenty-nine (23.2%) patients in the PUFA group vs. 41 (31.7%) in the non-PUFA group had procedural failure (p-value <0.003). There were no significant differences in complications in the PUFA and non-PUFA groups. Conclusion: Patients treated with PUFAs had lower incidences of early recurrence and procedural failure compared to an untreated population.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)292-298
Number of pages7
JournalIndian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal
Volume9
Issue number6
StatePublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Atrial Fibrillation (AF)
  • Polyunsaturated Fatty acids (PUFA)
  • Pulmonary vein isolation (PVAI)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Physiology (medical)

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