Chelation therapy after the Trial to Assess Chelation Therapy
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Chelation therapy after the Trial to Assess Chelation Therapy: results of a unique trial
PURPOSE OF REVIEW EDTA chelation therapy has been in off-label use for the treatment of atherosclerosis. We review the results of the first large-scale randomized trial of this treatment. RECENT FINDINGS The trial to assess chelation therapy was a $30 million National Institutes of Health-funded study of the safety and efficacy of EDTA-based chelation infusions in 1708 post-myocardial infarct...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Opinion in Cardiology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0268-4705
DOI: 10.1097/hco.0000000000000096