Chelation therapy consists of a series of IV administrations of disodium or calcium ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) mixed with minerals and vitamins. Typically, patients recline in a chair in ...

Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD) is highly prevalent and, despite therapeutic advances, remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Many patients with CVD seek additional ...

Jan. 22, 2003 -- Ethylenedinitrilo tetraacetic acid (EDTA) chelation therapy presumably reduces the progression of renal disease in patients with high normal lead levels and without diabetes, ...

Each month, Clinical Advisor makes one new clinical feature available ahead of print. Don’t forget to take the poll. The results will be published in the next month’s issue. Chelation therapy, a type ...

Calgary, AB - Results of a randomized trial have shown no beneficial effect of chelation therapy on exercise time to ischemia, exercise capacity or quality of life among patients with heart disease ...

TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech ...

Chelation therapy reduced cardiovascular events and death in patients with diabetes but not in those without diabetes, according to new data from the TACT study presented at AHA 2013. Those with ...

Final results of the troubled NIH-sponsored TACT trial testing chelation therapy for coronary disease have now been published in JAMA. Last November, when the preliminary results were presented at the ...

Mathematical simulation models for lead distribution in the body have been developed from studies of tracer lead administration to adults. These models do not predict the rebound of blood lead usually ...

PNEUMONOCONIOSIS associated with heavy-metal inhalation has long resisted most forms of therapy. The development of chelating agents offers a new approach to this problem. This report concerns our ...

LEAD poisoning is a common and serious problem. Intoxication in children frequently results from household contacts and ingestion of the nonvolatile inorganic forms of lead, and in adults from ...

Chelation therapy consists of a series of IV administrations of disodium or calcium ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) mixed with minerals and vitamins. Patients aret treated in the clinician's ...