Effect of Dietary n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids on the Inducibility of Ventricular Tachycardia in Patients With Ischemic Cardiomyopathy

Increased consumption of fish and/or fish oil was associated with decreased risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD). The study aim was to evaluate the antiarrhythmic effect of dietary fish oil on the inducibility of ventricular tachycardia (VT) at high risk of SCD. Patients with coronary artery disease undergoing defibrillator implantation were recruited if sustained monomorphic VT could be induced by programmed extra stimuli at 2 cycle lengths....