Nancy has pointed you to some good resources who define CVD as caused by inflammation, a result of high sugar and refined carb consumption. The consumption of both are usually lowered also if one eats a healthy, well-formulated vegan diet of real foods.

But your question reminded me of Dr. Kendrick's recent blog post...Do we even know what causes CVD? http://drmalcolmkendrick.org/2015/0...-heart-disease/