title: Updating a 12-year experience with arrest and reversal therapy for coronary heart disease (an overdue requiem for palliative cardiology).
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.
authors.affiliation: The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195, USA.
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Esselstyn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014676:Diet, Vegetarian; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents; D008055:Lipids; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol