Omega-3 fatty acids, subclinical atherosclerosis, and cardiovascular events: Implications for primary prevention

CONCLUSIONS: In an ethnically diverse population free of clinical CVD, higher plasma omega-3 fatty acid levels were associated with fewer long-term CVD events. The absolute decrease in CVD events with higher omega-3 fatty acid levels was more apparent at higher CAC scores.PMID:35759823 | DOI:10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2022.06.1018

Source: Atherosclerosis - June 27, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Abdulhamied Alfaddagh Karan Kapoor Zeina A Dardari Deepak L Bhatt Matthew J Budoff Khurram Nasir Michael Miller Francine K Welty Michael D Miedema Michael D Shapiro Michael Y Tsai Roger S Blumenthal Michael J Blaha Source Type: research