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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• de Araújo Gonçalves, Pedro
• de Sousa Almeida, Manuel
• Branco, Patricia
• Gaspar, Augusta
• Dores, Hélder
• Carvalho, Maria Salomé
• Andrade, Maria João
• Weigert, André
• Barata, José Diogo
• Canha Gomes, Angela
• Raposo, Luís
• Mesquita Gabriel, Henrique
• Campante Teles, Rui
• Mendes, Miguel

Titel

Renal sympathetic denervation for treatment of resistant hypertension

Ist Teil von

• Revista portuguesa de cardiologia, 2012-10, Vol.31 (10), p.671-675

Ort / Verlag

Portugal

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Hypertension is an important cardiovascular risk factor and although there have been many improvements in pharmacological treatment, a significant percentage of patients are still considered resistant. The authors describe two cases of radiofrequency renal sympathetic denervation that illustrate the feasibility of this new technique for the treatment of resistant hypertension. The procedure consists of the application of radiofrequency energy inside the renal arteries to ablate afferent and efferent sympathetic renal activity, which has been implicated in the pathophysiology of hypertension.