These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: [Renal denervation a new treatment option in resistant arterial hypertension].
    Author: Himmel F, Bode F, Schunkert H, Weil J.
    Journal: Praxis (Bern 1994); 2011 Nov 02; 100(22):1353-60. PubMed ID: 22048911.
    Abstract:
    Resistant hypertension is defined as blood pressure that remains above therapeutic goal despite the use of 3 antihypertensive drugs including a diuretic. After exclusion of secondary causes and medical in compliance, the estimated prevalence of resistant arterial hypertension ranges from 4% to 19% in hypertensive patients. Treatment requires a multimodal therapeutic approach. Hyperactivation of the sympathetic nervous system plays a key role in the genesis of hypertension. Targeting renal sympathetic nerves, percutaneous catheter-based renal denervation is a new therapeutic option for the treatment of resistant arterial hypertension in selected drug resistant patients.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]