Why the NIH Trial to Assess Chelation Therapy (TACT) should be abandoned.

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Published in Medscape J Med on May 13, 2008

Authors

Kimball C Atwood1, Elizabeth Woeckner, Robert S Baratz, Wallace I Sampson

Author Affiliations

1: Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton, Massachusetts, UAS. katwood@partners.org

Associated clinical trials:

Trial to Assess Chelation Therapy (TACT) | NCT00044213

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