Fish Oil and Vascular Disease

1. Front Matter

   Pages N1-XIII

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2. Epidemiology and Nutrition

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. n-3 Fatty Acids: Epidemiological Background and General Introduction

      • J. Dyerberg

      Pages 3-8

   3. Dietary Fish Intake and Cardiovascular Protection in Western Populations: the Diet and Reinfarction Trial

      • M. L. Burr

      Pages 9-13

   4. Modem Agriculture and Aquaculture and the n-6/n-3 Balance

      • A. P. Simopoulos

      Pages 15-22

   5. Fish Consumption and Blood Pressure: Epidemiological Data

      • S. D. Kristensen

      Pages 23-26

   6. The Effect of n-3 Fatty Acids on Cardiovascular Risk Factors: An Overview

      • A. Nordøy

      Pages 27-34

   7. n-3 Fatty Acids: Incorporation into Tissue Lipids and Interactions with Dietary Components

      • C. Galli, E. Tremoli, C. Sirtori

      Pages 35-41

3. n-3 Fatty Acids and the Vessel Wall

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 43-43

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   2. n-3 Fatty Acids and Platelet-Vessel Wall Interactions

      • R. De Caterina

      Pages 45-50

   3. Platelets, Leukocytes and Atherosclerosis: Possible Links between n-3 Fatty Acids and Protection from Atherosclerosis

      • B. B. Weksler

      Pages 51-58

   4. Cytokines and their Modulation by n-3 Fatty Acids with Regard to Atherogenesis

      • S. Endres

      Pages 59-64

   5. The Effect of n-3 Fatty Acids on Blood Coagulation

      • G. Hornstra

      Pages 65-72

   6. n-3 Fatty Acids and Fibrinolysis

      • E. B. Schmidt

      Pages 73-77

   7. Effects of n-3 Fatty Acids on Monocyte Functions

      • E. Tremoli, E. Stragliotto, S. Colli, S. Eligini, C. Mosconi, P. Maderna et al.

      Pages 79-84

   8. Prevention of Cardiac Arrhythmias by n-3 Fatty Acids

      • H. Hallaq, A. Leaf

      Pages 85-88

4. n-3 Fatty Acids and Hypertension

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89

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   2. Essential Hypertension: Current Needs and Methodological Problems with Non-pharmacological Treatment

      • P. R. Jackson, W. W. Yeo, L. E. Ramsay

      Pages 91-96

   3. Eicosanoid Dependent and Independent Effects of n-3 Fatty Acids on Platelets and Vascular Function

      • G. A. FitzGerald

      Pages 97-102

   4. n-3 Fatty Acids in Hypertension

      • K. H. Bønaa

      Pages 103-110

Fish Oil and Vascular Disease covers the most relevant aspects of fish oil (n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids) on vascular disease. The text includes background epidemiological information, nutritional aspects, effects on various biological functions, possibly mediating the effects on atherosclerosis and its clinical sequelae, and offers an extensive coverage of the effects upon blood pressure. The book is divided into three main sections. The first deals with the epidemiological and nutritional background of the n-3 PUFA and their relation to cardiovascular disease.

• Fish Oil
• Omega-3 (PUFA)
• arrhythmia
• atherosclerosis
• blood pressure
• cardiovascular
• drugs
• fat
• heart disease
• hypertension
• n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids
• nutrition
• platelet
• prevention
• vascular disease

• C.N.R. Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Italy

  R. Caterina

• University Department of Cardiology, Skejby Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark

  S. D. Kristensen

• Department of Internal Medicine, Aalborg Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark

  E. B. Schmidt

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