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Fish or fish oil intake may improve cardiac diastolic filling and reduce resting heart rate.

Fish or fish oil may be beneficial for improving heart function and reducing heart rate.

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Reduction of resting heart rate (by approximately 3 bpm); and improvement of cardiac diastolic filling.
Dariush Mozaffarian · Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine · 2007

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Fish, n-3 fatty acids, and cardiovascular haemodynamics

Dariush Mozaffarian · Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine · 2007

DOI 10.2459/01.jcm.0000289279.95427.e2

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