Is Further Investigation of Chelation Therapy Warranted?

Craig Walker, MD, FACC, FACP,,,, ,,,,Cardiovascular Institute of the South, Houma, Louisiana

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Is Further Investigation of Chelation Therapy Warranted?

Craig M. Walker, MD, FACC, FACP, FSCAI, FCCP

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edetate disodium-based chelation therapy

October 2022

ISSN 2152-4343

Watch Dr. Walker's commentary on comment the article by Drs. Francisco Ujueta and Gervasio Lamas, “Is There a Role for Edetate Disodium Chelation in PAD and Specifically CLTI?”

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