Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in the correction of hemodynamic disorders in patients with chronic cor pulmonale

Leshchenko, S.I.

Likars'ka Sprava 1999(6): 119-122

1999


ISSN/ISBN: 1019-5297
PMID: 10626463
Document Number: 505634
Indices were studied for the right and left ventricular performance in 15 patients with chronic cor pulmonale before and after treatment with tekom containing above 43% of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. A drop in the pulmonary artery pressure was recordable as was a decline in hyperfunction and dilatation the right ventricule of the heart, which fact can be explained by improvement of the pulmonary ventilation and vasodilatational effect of tekom mediated by a change of the eicosanoids spectrum.

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