Renal denervation as a new nephroprotective strategy in diabetic patients with resistant hypertension

Renal sympathetic denervation for resistant , hypertension--a novel treatment strategy.

Uncontrolled Hypertension(HTN) accounts for significant morbidity and mortality. Despite newer drugs hypertension remains uncontrolled in approximately a third of the patients. The overall prevalence of hypertension in adults > 20 years was 30% in men and 34% in women in 2002. We report 2 patients with uncontrolled hypertension in whom Renal denervation therapy improved the control of blood pre...

Renal Denervation Using an Irrigated Catheter in Patients with Resistant Hypertension: A Promising Strategy?

BACKGROUND Systemic hypertension is an important public health problem and a significant cause of cardiovascular mortality. Its high prevalence and the low rates of blood pressure control have resulted in the search for alternative therapeutic strategies. Percutaneous renal sympathetic denervation emerged as a perspective in the treatment of patients with resistant hypertension. OBJECTIVE To ...

[Renal denervation in patients with treatment-resistant hypertension].

Renal denervation in patients with resistant hypertension: six-month results.

INTRODUCTION Increased activation of the sympathetic nervous system plays a central role in the pathophysiology of hypertension (HTN). Catheter-based renal denervation (RDN) was recently developed for the treatment of resistant HTN. AIM To assess the safety and efficacy of RDN for blood pressure (BP) reduction at six months in patients with resistant HTN. METHODS In this prospective registr...

Renal denervation for resistant hypertension?

Ever since Schlaich et al.1 first reported on a patient with a blood pressure of 161/107 mm Hg (despite treatment with seven different antihypertensive drugs) that decreased to 127/81 mm Hg after renal denervation, the medical community has been enamored with this procedure. Resistant hypertension evolved into a fashionable diagnosis, and the number of publications pertaining to it grew rapidly...