Updating a 12-year experience with arrest and reversal therapy for coronary heart disease (an overdue requiem for palliative cardiology)

Am J Cardiol. 1999 Aug 1;84(3):339-41, A8. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(99)00290-8.

Abstract

Coronary artery disease is essentially nonexistent in cultures whose nutrition assures cholesterol levels <150 mg/dl. Patients with advanced coronary artery disease may abolish disease progression through a plant-based diet and cholesterol-lowering medication to achieve and maintain a total cholesterol <150 mg/dl.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Cholesterol / blood
  • Coronary Disease / blood
  • Coronary Disease / etiology*
  • Coronary Disease / prevention & control*
  • Diet, Vegetarian*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Hyperlipidemias / blood
  • Hyperlipidemias / complications*
  • Hyperlipidemias / diet therapy
  • Hyperlipidemias / drug therapy
  • Hyperlipidemias / therapy*
  • Hypolipidemic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Lipids / blood*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prospective Studies
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Triglycerides / blood

Substances

  • Hypolipidemic Agents
  • Lipids
  • Triglycerides
  • Cholesterol