Prevention of postoperative atrial fibrillation in open heart surgery patients by preoperative supplementation of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids: An updated meta- analysis Simona Costanzo, MS, PhD, Veronica di Niro, BN, Augusto Di Castelnuovo, MS, PhD, Francesco Gianfagna, MD, PhD, Maria Benedetta Donati, MD, PhD, Giovanni de Gaetano, MD, PhD, Licia Iacoviello, MD, PhD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 146, Issue 4, Pages 906-911 (October 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.03.015 Copyright © 2013 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Flow chart of the selected studies. POAF, Postoperative atrial fibrillation. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2013 146, 906-911DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.03.015) Copyright © 2013 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFA) and prevention of postoperative atrial fibrillation in open heart surgery. M-H, Mantel-Haenszel; CI, confidence interval. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2013 146, 906-911DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.03.015) Copyright © 2013 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFA) and prevention of postoperative atrial fibrillation in isolated coronary artery bypass graft surgery. M-H, Mantel-Haenszel; CI, confidence interval. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2013 146, 906-911DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.03.015) Copyright © 2013 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions