Reply #17: If its a valid and well done study, the results will be useful

[philb]

but many studies are designed to produce a desired result, and many deal with limited circumstances.
I'll try to look at the design.

But if its a valid study it is unlikely to find EDTA not useful,
since its well documented that toxic metals accumulate in the heart and have major cardiovascular effects
www.home.earthlink.net/~berniew1/cardio.html
and EDTA is known to be effective at chelating metals, approved by FDA and commonly used by military,etc. for such
lots of documentation available. (though not the best choice for metals such as mercury)

Clogged arteries are primarily caused by inflamation.
Toxic metals are also documented to be a major factor in clogged arteries by Dr. Russell Blaylock by their
ability to cause inflamation(induce TNFa and inflamatory cytokines) as well as proliferation of viruses involved in inflamation of arteries.
Blaylock Wellness Report, Feb 2006
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~berniew1/inflamhg.html

and as Blaylock points out,

Nanobacteria is commonly found in the plaque of patients with clogged arteries and tends to be encased in a wall of calcium that protects it from antibiotics. One reason that EDTA is effective in many with clogged arteries is that the EDTA dissolves the calcium.
Russell Blaylock, Neurologist