American Heart Journal
Volume 155, Issue 1 , Pages 175-181 , January 2008

Interactions of wine drinking with omega-3 fatty acids in patients with coronary heart disease: A fish-like effect of moderate wine drinking

  • Michel de Lorgeril, MD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire Cœur et Nutrition, PRETA-TIMC-IMAG, Faculté de Médecine, Université Joseph Fourier de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Michel de Lorgeril, MD, Laboratoire Cœur et Nutrition, PRETA-TIMC, Faculté de Médecine, Université Joseph Fourier, Domaine de la Merci, 38706 La Tronche (Grenoble), France.
    • ,
  • Patricia Salen, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire Cœur et Nutrition, PRETA-TIMC-IMAG, Faculté de Médecine, Université Joseph Fourier de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
    • ,
  • Jean-Louis Martin, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Unité d'Epidémiologie de l'INRETS, Lyon, France
    • ,
  • François Boucher, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire Cœur et Nutrition, PRETA-TIMC-IMAG, Faculté de Médecine, Université Joseph Fourier de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
    • ,
  • Joël de Leiris, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire Cœur et Nutrition, PRETA-TIMC-IMAG, Faculté de Médecine, Université Joseph Fourier de Grenoble, Grenoble, France

Received 8 June 2007 ,Accepted 12 August 2007.

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PII: S0002-8703(07)00684-9

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.08.009

American Heart Journal
Volume 155, Issue 1 , Pages 175-181 , January 2008

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