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Questions and Answers: The NIH Trial of EDTA Chelation Therapy for Coronary Artery Disease

Internet URL

http://nccam.nih.gov/chelation/q-and-a.htm  

Sponsoring Agency

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health

Description

The Trial To Assess Chelation Therapy (TACT) is the first large-scale, multicenter study to determine the safety and efficacy of EDTA (ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid) chelation therapy for individuals with coronary artery disease. The questions and answers in this fact sheet provide additional information on coronary artery disease, EDTA chelation therapy, and the study.

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Review Date

2/5/2007