PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Buckley, Rita
ED  - Marchioli, Roberto
TI  - OPERA: Omega-3 Fatty Acids Fail to Prevent Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation
DP  - 2012  01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 10--11
VI  - 12
IP  - 18
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/12/18/10.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/12/18/10.full
AB  - Postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF) flutter occurs in approximately 1 of 3 patients undergoing cardiac surgery [Hogue CW Jr et al. Chest 2005; Mitchell LB et al. Can J Cardiol 2011], generating a need for new therapies to prevent it and its associated morbidity and healthcare costs [Mozaffarian D et al. JAMA 2012]. This article discusses findings from the Omega-3 Fatty Acids for Prevention of Post-Operative Atrial Fibrillation trial [OPERA; NCT00970489].