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EDTA chelation therapy for cardiovascular disease: a systematic review.

Dugald M R Seely, Ping Wu, and Edward J Mills

BMC Cardiovasc Disord (2005) PMID 16262904 PMCID 1282574

Numerous practitioners of both conventional and complementary and alternative medicine throughout North America and Europe claim that chelation therapy with EDTA is an effective means to both control and treat cardiovascular disease. These claims are controversial, and several randomized controlled trials have been completed dealing with this topic. To address this issue we conducted a systematic review to evaluate the best available evidence for the use of EDTA chelation therapy in the treatment of cardiovascular disease.

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-5-32
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