Do Fish Oils Prevent Restenosis Post-Coronary Angioplasty?

Summary

To determine whether a dietary supplement of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) derived from fish oil would decrease the restenosis rate in patients undergoing percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA).

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Start

1989-07

Primary completion

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Completion

1994-06

Publications

• Background Leaf A, Jorgensen MB, Jacobs AK, Cote G, Schoenfeld DA, Scheer J, Weiner BH, Slack JD, Kellett MA, Raizner AE, et al. Do fish oils prevent restenosis after coronary angioplasty? Circulation. 1994 Nov;90(5):2248-57. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.90.5.2248.
• Timaran CH, Mantese VA, Malas M, Brown OW, Lal BK, Moore WS, Voeks JH, Brott TG; CREST Investigators. Differential outcomes of carotid stenting and endarterectomy performed exclusively by vascular surgeons in the Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy versus Stenting Trial (CREST). J Vasc Surg. 2013 Feb;57(2):303-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2012.09.014. Epub 2012 Dec 20.

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