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- Title
Effects of Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events: What Matters Most: the Drug, the Dose, or the Placebo?
- Authors
Sharma, Garima; Martin, Seth S.; Blumenthal, Roger S.
- Abstract
The article discusses the study "Effect of High-Dose Omega-3 Fatty Acids vs. Corn Oil on Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients at High Cardiovascular Risk: The STRENGTH Randomized Clinical Trial" by S. J. Nicholls and colleagues, that was published with the issue. It highlights the results of the Long-Term Outcomes Study to Assess Statin Residual Risk With Epanova (STRENGTH) and the Reduction of Cardiovascular Events with Icosapent Ethyl-Intervention Trial (REDUCE-IT).
- Subjects
OMEGA-3 fatty acids; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases risk factors; STATINS (Cardiovascular agents); ADVERSE health care events
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2020, Vol 324, Issue 22, p2262
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
editorial
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2020.22387