Fish Oil and Vascular Disease

Epidemiology and nutrition - n-3 fatty acids - epidemiological background and general introduction; dietary fish intake and cardiovascular protection in Western populations; fish consumption and blood pressure; the effect of n-3 fatty acids on cardiovascular risk factors; n-3 fatty acids and the vessel wall - n-3 fatty acids and the platelet-vessel wall interactions; platelets, leukocytes and atherosclerosis - possible links between n-3 fatty acids and protection from atherosclerosis; cytokines and their modulations by n-3 fatty acids with regard to atherogenesis; n-3 fatty acids and fibrinolysis; prevention of cardiac arrythmias by n-3 fatty acids; n-3 fatty acids and hypertension - essential hypertension - current needs and methodological problems with non-pharmacological treatment; n-3 fatty acids in hypertension; n-3 fatty acids in comparison and in combination with other drugs in the management of mild hypertension.