Benefit–Risk Assessment of Fish Oil in Preventing Cardiovascular Disease

Benefit–Risk Assessment of Fish Oil in Preventing Cardiovascular Disease

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a preventable disease, which combines two general processes: chronic vascular inflammation and acute thrombosis. Both are amplified with positive feedback signals by n-6 eicosanoids derived from food-based n-6 highly unsaturated fatty acids (n-6 HUFA). This amplification is lessened by competing actions of n-3 HUFA. Death results from fatal interactions of the va...

Should patients with cardiovascular disease take fish oil?

Preventing cardiovascular disease in women.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been the primary cause of death in women for almost a century, and more women than men have died of CVD every year since 1984. Although CVD incidence can be reduced by adherence to a heart-healthy lifestyle and detection and treatment of major risk factors, preventive recommendations have not been consistently or optimally applied to women. The American Heart As...

Fish consumption, fish oil, omega-3 fatty acids, and cardiovascular disease.

Copyright © 2002 American Heart Association. All rights reserved. Print ISSN: 0009-7322. Online 72514 Circulation is published by the American Heart Association. 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000038493.65177.94 2002;106;2747-2757 Circulation Committee Penny M. Kris-Etherton, William S. Harris, Lawrence J. Appel and for the Nutrition Fish Consumption, Fish Oil, Omega-3 ...

Risk Profile: Risk Assessment of Fish Oil and Oxidised Fish Oil