Elderly individuals who consumed a vegan diet were at an adjusted 72% lower risk of prevalent left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (as well as 70% lower risk of left ventricular hypertrophy) than were nonvegetarians in the Adventist Health Study-2. Find out what else this ongoing observational epidemiologic study revealed at Cardiology News: http://www.ecardiologynews.com/specialty-focus/heart-failure/single-article-page/vegetarianism-may-protect-against-heart-failure/8d9a2e9a1b5d58c16fdab189b70d3295.html.