Renal sympathetic denervation resurrected; or NOT?

Percutaneous renal denervation appeared in our medical life in recent years, created a lot of noise and then disappeared without any residual sign. The concept was that ablating the renal nerves would interrupt the signals from and to the kidneys (Figure  1) and thus eliminate the unnecessary production of renal hormones, the unnecessary sodium and fluid retention on one hand and the harmful effects of sympathetic overflow on target organs on the other. The early simplicity1,2 and other subsequent studies3,4 addressed patients with drug resistant h ypertension, a group of patients with unmet medical need.
Source: Journal of the American Society of Hypertension - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: Hypertension Highlights Source Type: research