title: [Renal sympathetic denervation (RSD): a new, non-pharmacologic therapeutic strategy for treatment-resistant hypertension (TRH). Report of the first procedure in Mexico].
abstract: A patient with resistant hypertension successfully treated with sympathetic renal denervation (SRD) is reported. This novel therapy is based on the partial ablation of the renal nerves by applying radiofrequency to the luminal surface of the renal arteries using vascular catheterization techniques. This first case performed in Mexico has two particular features: (i) an electrophysiology ablation catheter was employed due to the unavailability of the system specifically designed for SDR, and (ii) under current denervation protocols, the anatomical complexity of the targeted renal arteries would have excluded our patient from this procedure and thus deprived her of the benefit provided.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Hemodinámica y Cardiología Intervencionista, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, México. jgaspar@cardiologia.org.mx
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gaspar Hernández
authors.forename: Guering
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Eid-Lidt
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Payró Ramírez
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ricalde Alcocer
authors.forename: Marco A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Martínez Ríos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000601:surgery*; D007668:Kidney / Q000294:innervation* / Q000601:surgery*; D013562:Sympathectomy