P6208VEgetaRian Diet in patients with Ischemic heart disease (VERDI): an open-label, randomized, prospective, cross-over study

Background A vegetarian diet (VD) in patients diagnosed with ischemic heart disease (IHD) may reduce future cardiovascular risk. Purpose The study hypothesis was that patients diagnosed with IHD can benefit from a VD assessed by multiple risk markers for this type of disease. Methods In a crossover study patients diagnosed with IHD, treated by percutaneous coronary intervention and on optimal medical therapy were randomly allocated to a 4-week...