Polyunsaturated fatty acids, hyperlipidemia, and thrombosis.

olyunsaturated fatty acids In the diet have long been considered essential to the growth and proper nutrition of humans and animals.In recent years, however, these fatty acids have been used to treat and prevent atherosclerosis, and, on an experimental basis, to inhibit thrombosis.It should be emphasized that these additional uses are not at all based upon the premise that atherosclerosis and thrombosis represent essential fatty acid deficiencies, but rather that the polyunsaturated fat may affect these pathological processes through other 87