In a heartbeat.(fish oil conumption risks factors in arrythmia)(Brief Article)

Nutrition Action Healthletter | September 1, 2005 | Copyright

Fish oil supplements failed to reduce--and may have even boosted--the risk of irregular heartbeats in people who have implanted defibrillators. The devices monitor the heart rate and automatically administer a tiny electrical jolt when needed to stabilize the heart rhythm.

Researchers studied some 200 patients with implanted defibrillators who had recent episodes of arrythmia--either tachycardia (the heart beats abnormally fast) or fibrillation (the heart flutters, rather than beats, so it pumps little or no blood) in the ventricle, or lower heart chamber. Both ...

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