The Cochrane Library has three relevant references:
Chelation therapy for intermittent claudication: A double-blind,
randomized, controlled trial Lyngdorf P, Guldager B, Holm J,
Jorgensen SJ, Jelnes R Circulation (1996) 93 395-396
Arteriographic findings in EDTA chelation therapy on peripheral arteriosclerosis Sloth Nielsen J, Guldager B, Mouritzen C, Lund EB, Egeblad M, Norregaard O, Jorgensen SJ, Jelnes R
American Journal Of Surgery (1991) 162 122-5
Chelation therapy and atherosclerotic coronary artery disease.
(1993). (Technology Brief). Ottawa: Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology pp. 6.
Unsurprisingly they show that chelation therapy has no effect (a)
on peripheral vascular disease or (b) coronary artery disease.
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>has anyone heard or referred a patient for a chelation therapy for
>atherosclerosis? Any good evidence that it works?
>It seems it is available privately at q high cost.
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>Comments appreciated.
>Ivan Koppel
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