Renal intervention to treat hypertension.
Renal artery intervention to treat hypertension is one of the frontiers of ongoing research in combating this epidemic. This article focuses on recent data regarding PTRS and catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation. Despite progress in this field large multicenter, randomized trials that compare these treatment modalities with medical therapy for hypertension are lacking.
Department of Cardiology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA.
Rajan A G
RA
Patel
Christopher J
CJ
White
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D007668:Kidney / Q000294:innervation / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D017678:Sex Distribution; D015607:Stents; D013562:Sympathectomy / Q000379:methods*
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents