Interventional radiology treatment takes blood pressure to new lows -- and results last
Monday, March 28, 2011 - 09:01
in Health & Medicine
Interventional radiologists have completed the first human randomized controlled trial of therapeutic renal denervation or RDNa procedure that uses a catheter-based probe inserted into the renal artery that emits high-frequency energy to deactivate the nerves near the kidneys (or in the renal artery) that are linked to high blood pressure. The researchers say these results confirm that RDN may be an effective therapy for reducingand consistently controllingresistant hypertension when current medications have failed. The results were presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 36th Annual Scientific Meeting in Chicago, Ill.