Role of Fish Oil in Preventing Cardiovascular Diseases

Letter to Editor Cardiovascular disease is caused by disorders of the heart and blood vessels, and includes coronary heart disease (heart attacks), cerebrovascular disease (stroke), raised blood pressure (hypertension), peripheral artery disease, rheumatic heart disease, congenital heart disease and heart failure. According to World Health Organization (WHO) there is rising burden of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) and burden of NCDs is one of the major challenges of twenty first century. According to World WHO an estimated 17.5 million people died from CVDs in 2012, representing 31% of all global deaths.