Heart Failure and a Plant-Based Diet. A Case-Report and Literature Review

Heart Failure and a Plant-Based Diet. A Case-Report and Literature Review

A 54-year-old female with grade 3 obesity body mass index (BMI 45.2 kg/m2) and type II diabetes (hemoglobin A1c 8.1%) presented to her primary care physician in May 2017 with a chief complaint of left lower extremity edema. Work-up revealed heart failure with depressed left ventricular systolic func...

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Main Authors: Kathleen E. Allen, Divya Gumber, Robert J. Ostfeld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Nutrition
Subjects:
diet
heart failure
hypertension
plant-based
vegetarian
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnut.2019.00082/full

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