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Arteriographic findings in EDTA chelation therapy on peripheral arteriosclerosis
- Source :
- American journal of surgery. 162(2)
- Publication Year :
- 1991
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Abstract
- In a randomized, double-blind, controlled study, 153 patients with claudication were each given either 20 infusions of Na2EDTA or 20 infusions of saline. Walking distances and ankle/brachial indices were measured before, during, and after treatment. In 30 patients, angiograms and transcutaneous oxygen tensions were obtained before, during, and after treatment. The patients' subjective evaluations of the effect of treatment were also recorded. It is concluded that EDTA chelation therapy has no effect in patients with intermittent claudication in the legs caused by arteriosclerosis.
- Subjects :
- Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Time Factors
Arteriosclerosis
medicine.medical_treatment
Hemodynamics
law.invention
Randomized controlled trial
Double-Blind Method
law
medicine
Humans
Chelation therapy
Saline
Edetic Acid
Leg
business.industry
Angiography, Digital Subtraction
General Medicine
Intermittent Claudication
medicine.disease
Intermittent claudication
Surgery
Oxygen
Plethysmography
medicine.anatomical_structure
Anesthesia
Exercise Test
medicine.symptom
Ankle
Claudication
business
Follow-Up Studies
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00029610
- Volume :
- 162
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- American journal of surgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b8cd2d512e2a0c9ee6ca71d6d99546ac