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Dietary supplementation with n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and vitamin E after myocardial infarction: results of the GISSI-Prevenzione trial

. The Lancet. 1999.

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In plain language

GISSI-Prevenzione: 1 g per day of omega-3 after a heart attack reduced death and cardiovascular events; vitamin E did not.

Limits

Open label, pre-statin era; not always replicated.

Source

doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(99)07072-5

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