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Special Review

Clinical Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death by n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Mechanism of Prevention of Arrhythmias by n-3 Fish Oils

Alexander Leaf, MD; Jing X. Kang, MD, PhD; Yong-Fu Xiao, MD, PhD; George E. Billman, PhD

From the Departments of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (A.L., J.X.K., Y.-F.X.) and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Y.-F.X.), Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass, and the Department of Physiology and Cell Biology (G.E.B.), Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

Correspondence to Alexander Leaf, MD, Bldg 149, 13th St, Charlestown, MA 02129. E-mail aleaf@partners.org


Key Words: fatty acids • arrhythmia • death, sudden


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*    Introduction
 
This review will be limited specifically to the beneficial prevention by the n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) of arrhythmic deaths, including sudden cardiac death, which annually causes some 300 000 deaths in the United States and millions more worldwide. We will also show that the growing body of positive clinical studies is supported by what has been learned in animal and laboratory studies regarding the mechanism by which n-3 PUFAs prevent cardiac arrhythmias.

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*    The Essential PUFAs
 
Figure 1 shows the 2 essential classes of PUFAs, the n-6 ({omega}6) and n-3 ({omega}3) classes. Both classes are "essential" because we cannot make them in our bodies. They must come in our diets, and they are essential for normal growth, development, and optimal function of brain, heart, and probably other systems. The parent fatty acid of the n-6 class, linoleic acid (C18:2n-6; LA) has 18 carbon atoms in its acyl chain, and the first C=C double bond is 6 carbons back from the methyl end of the fatty acid, hence the "n-6" appellation. In the bodies of animals, including humans, LA can be elongated and desaturated through a series of enzymatic steps to form arachidonic acid (C20:4n-6; AA). AA is the source of the n-6 eicosanoids that result from oxygenation of AA by cyclooxygenase, lipoxygenase, and epoxygenase enzymes to form prostaglandins, leukotrienes, lipoxines, and P-450 compounds, which in many instances are potent cell messengers.


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Figure 1. Two classes of essential PUFAs.

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W. S. Harris, S. A. Sands, S. L. Windsor, H. A. Ali, T. L. Stevens, A. Magalski, C. B. Porter, and A. M. Borkon
Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Cardiac Biopsies From Heart Transplantation Patients: Correlation With Erythrocytes and Response to Supplementation
Circulation, September 21, 2004; 110(12): 1645 - 1649.
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Z. Li, S. Lamon-Fava, J. Otvos, A. H. Lichtenstein, W. Velez-Carrasco, J. R. McNamara, J. M. Ordovas, and E. J. Schaefer
Fish Consumption Shifts Lipoprotein Subfractions to a Less Atherogenic Pattern in Humans
J. Nutr., July 1, 2004; 134(7): 1724 - 1728.
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T. O. Cheng, J. Dallongeville, M. Montaye, P. Amouyel, J. Yarnell, A. Evans, P. Ducimetiere, A. Bingham, G. Luc, D. Arveiler, et al.
Fish Consumption and Coronary Artery Disease in China * Response
Circulation, March 9, 2004; 109 (9): e155 - e156.
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L. A. Nikolaidis, S. Mankad, G. G. Sokos, G. Miske, A. Shah, D. Elahi, and R. P. Shannon
Effects of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction and Left Ventricular Dysfunction After Successful Reperfusion
Circulation, March 2, 2004; 109(8): 962 - 965.
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S. Danthi, J. A. Enyeart, and J. J. Enyeart
Caffeic Acid Esters Activate TREK-1 Potassium Channels and Inhibit Depolarization-Dependent Secretion
Mol. Pharmacol., March 1, 2004; 65(3): 599 - 610.
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J. N Din, D. E Newby, and A. D Flapan
Omega 3 fatty acids and cardiovascular disease--fishing for a natural treatment
BMJ, January 3, 2004; 328(7430): 30 - 35.
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D. S. Siscovick, R. N. Lemaitre, and D. Mozaffarian
The Fish Story: A Diet-Heart Hypothesis With Clinical Implications: n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, Myocardial Vulnerability, and Sudden Death
Circulation, June 3, 2003; 107(21): 2632 - 2634.
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