For many years, chelation therapy has been a controversial approach to cardiovascular conditions. Some people have embraced it enthusiastically, while most physicians have rejected it emphatically.

CHELATION THERAPY HAS been around for decades as a treatment for toxic metal poisoning. But, there have also been claims that the therapy could help several other conditions. Experts aren't so sure.

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Because calcium is a component of atherosclerotic plaque, scientists hypothesized in the 1950s that EDTA might soften arteries by sequestering calcium ions. Other biochemical mechanisms abound, but to ...

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When determining the types of patients to be recruited for the trial, there was concern that the benefits of chelation might not be easily discerned if the participants were too healthy; patients who ...