American Heart Journal
Volume 157, Issue 3 , Pages 423-427, March 2009

The rationale and design of the FORωARD Trial: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, independent study to test the efficacy of n-3 PUFA for the maintenance of normal sinus rhythm in patients with previous atrial fibrillation

  • Alejandro Macchia

      Affiliations

    • Fundación GESICA (Grupo de Estudio en Investigación Clínica en Argentina), Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Alejandro Macchia, Fundación GESICA, Av. Rivadavia 2358, 1 “4” – C1034ACP Buenos Aires, Argentina.
    • ,
  • Sergio Varini

      Affiliations

    • Fundación GESICA (Grupo de Estudio en Investigación Clínica en Argentina), Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • ,
  • Hugo Grancelli

      Affiliations

    • Fundación GESICA (Grupo de Estudio en Investigación Clínica en Argentina), Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • ,
  • Daniel Nul

      Affiliations

    • Fundación GESICA (Grupo de Estudio en Investigación Clínica en Argentina), Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • ,
  • Nicolas Laffaye

      Affiliations

    • Fundación GESICA (Grupo de Estudio en Investigación Clínica en Argentina), Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • ,
  • Daniel Ferrante

      Affiliations

    • Fundación GESICA (Grupo de Estudio en Investigación Clínica en Argentina), Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • ,
  • Gianni Tognoni

      Affiliations

    • Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, Santa Maria Imbaro, Chieti, Italy
    • ,
  • Hernan C. Doval

      Affiliations

    • Fundación GESICA (Grupo de Estudio en Investigación Clínica en Argentina), Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • ,
  • on behalf of the FORWARD investigators

Received 16 September 2008; accepted 31 October 2008. published online 09 January 2009.

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 ClinicalTrial.gov identifier: NCT00597220.

PII: S0002-8703(08)00975-7

doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2008.10.027

American Heart Journal
Volume 157, Issue 3 , Pages 423-427, March 2009

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