Taking blood pressure to new lows -- with lasting results
Monday, March 28, 2011 - 09:31
in Health & Medicine
Interventional radiologists have completed the first human randomized controlled trial of a procedure that uses high-frequency energy to deactivate the nerves near the kidneys (or in the renal artery) that are linked to high blood pressure. These results confirm that this may be an effective therapy for reducing and controlling resistant hypertension when current medications have failed.