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EXPERIMENTAL CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY Volume 20, Issue 7, 2014 Title: The Nutritional Reversal of Cardiovascular Disease – Fact or Fiction? Three Case Reports Authors: Caldwell Esselstyn and Mladen Golubic How to reference: The Nutritional Reversal of Cardiovascular Disease - Fact or Fiction? Three Case Reports/Caldwell Esselstyn and Mladen Golubic/Exp Clin Cardiol Vol 20 Issue7 pages 1901-1908 / 2014 The Nutritional Reversal of Cardiovascular Disease – Fact or Fiction? Three Case Reports The Nutritional Reversal of Cardiovascular Disease – Fact or Fiction? Three Case Reports Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., MD Mladen Golubić, MD, PhD Authors are from the Center for Lifestyle Medicine of the Wellness Institute of the Cleveland Clinic, 1950 Richmond Road, TR2-341, Lyndhurst, OH 44124 USA Corresponding Author: Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr, MD The Wellness Institute The Cleveland Clinic 1950 Richmond Road, TR2-341 Lyndhurst, OH 44124 Phone: 216-448-8556 Fax: 216-448-8565 E-mail: aesselstyn@ Exp Clin Cardiol, Volume 20, Issue 7, 2014 - Page 1901 The Nutritional Reversal of Cardiovascular Disease – Fact or Fiction? Three Case Reports ABSTRACT The epidemic of cardiovascular disease is nonexistent in cultures which thrive predominantly on whole foods, plant- based nutrition. Is it logical to assume that patients with this disease would be willing to transition to plant-based nutrition and might this transition halt or reverse the disease? The authors have experience beyond 25 years demonstrating the success of plant-based nutrition in arresting and reversing cardiovascular disease. Nevertheless, the medical community is still skeptical of patients’ adherence and efficacy of this method. We, therefore, report three case histories of carotid, coronary, and peripheral vascul