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Effect of Dietary Omega-3 Fatty Acids on the Heart Rate and the Heart Rate Variability Response to Myocardial Ischemia or Submaximal Exercise.
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PMID:  21460198     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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The consumption of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs) has been reported to decrease resting heart rate (HR) and increase heart rate variability (HRV). However, the effects of n-3 PUFAs on these variables in response to a physiological stress (e.g., exercise or acute myocardial ischemia), particularly in post myocardial infarction (MI) patients, are unknown. Therefore, HR and HRV (high frequency and total R-R interval variability) were evaluated at rest, during submaximal exercise, and during a 2 min coronary artery occlusion at rest, before and 3 months after n-3 PUFA treatment in dogs with healed MI (n = 59). The dogs were randomly assigned to either placebo (1 g/day, corn oil, n = 19) or n-3 PUFAs supplement (docosahexaenoic acid + eicosapentaenoic acid ethyl esters, 1g/day n = 6; 2 g/day, n = 12; or 4 g/day, n = 22) groups. The treatment elicited significant (P<0.01) dose-dependent increases in right atrial n-3 PUFA levels but dose-independent reductions in resting HR and increases in resting HRV. In contrast, n-3 PUFAs did not attenuate the large changes in HR or HRV induced by either the coronary occlusion or submaximal exercise. These data demonstrate that dietary n-3 PUFA decreased resting (i.e., pre-exercise or pre-occlusion) HR and increased resting HRV but did not alter the cardiac response to physiologic challenges.
Authors:
George E Billman; William S Harris
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-4-1
Journal Detail:
Title:  American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1522-1539     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-4-4     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100901228     Medline TA:  Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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1Ohio State University.
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