Renal Denervation for Resistant Hypertension

Renal Denervation for Resistant HypertensionRenal denervation as a treatment for hypertension (HTN) has been shown to be effective as a surgical procedure. Over the past ten years, an endovascular approach to replicate the results of surgical splanchnicectomy has been investigated to replace this surgical procedure with a less invasive procedure with lower morbidity. Several devices and procedures have been developed, including a non-invasive strategy. We review the improvement of HTN in clinical trials of these devices as well as the shortcomings of these studies.

Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases - October 23, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: John P. Reilly, Christopher J. White Source Type: research