Nutrition Research
Volume 29, Issue 10 , Pages 696-704 , October 2009

Cardiac mortality is associated with low levels of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids in the heart of cadavers with a history of coronary heart disease

  • Nipon Chattipakorn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Cardiac Electrophysiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200 Thailand
    • Cardiac Electrophysiology Research and Training Center, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200 Thailand
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Cardiac Electrophysiology Research and Training Center, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Tel.: +66 53 945329; fax: +66 53 945368.
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  • Jongkolnee Settakorn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200 Thailand
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  • Petnoi Petsophonsakul

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Cardiac Electrophysiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200 Thailand
    • Cardiac Electrophysiology Research and Training Center, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200 Thailand
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  • Padiphat Suwannahoi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200 Thailand
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  • Pasuk Mahakranukrauh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200 Thailand
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  • Somdet Srichairatanakool

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200 Thailand
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  • Siriporn C. Chattipakorn

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Electrophysiology Research and Training Center, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200 Thailand
    • Department of Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200 Thailand

Received 27 July 2009 ,Revised 9 September 2009 ,Accepted 21 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2009.09.011

Nutrition Research
Volume 29, Issue 10 , Pages 696-704 , October 2009

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