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Impact of Dietary Fatty Acids on Cardiac Arrhythmogenesis

Year: 2009

Type: review

Abstract: has become apparent that dietary fatty acids have a profound impact on the composition of plasma and cardiovascular tissue lipid pools, and as a result, on the risks of cardiovas-cular disease. Although significant progress has been made to reduce the incidence of death caused by coronary heart disease, it still afflicts 450 000 patients per year in the United States, with many of these dying from cardiac arrhyth-mias.1 Atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common arrhythmia, afflicts more than 2.2 million Americans. It has been esti-mated that more than 12 million Americans will have AF by 2050 because of the aging of the population as well as the increasing incidence of diabetes and obesity, both risk factors for AF.1 Reasons underlying the increased prevalence of these acquired diseases are complex, involving societal changes in diet, lifestyle, and physical activity. Efforts to address

Source: Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

DOI: 10.1161/circep.109.880773

Authors: Julie H. Rennison, David R. Van Wagoner

Institution: Cleveland Clinic

Language: English

Topic: Fatty Acid Research and Health

Subfield: Nutrition and Dietetics

Field: Nursing

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: American Heart Association, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute