Posted on 04/07/2022 2:36:06 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
A team of researchers has found via a three-year trial that the SPYRAL HTN-ON MED renal denervation procedure reduced the blood pressure of volunteers in the trial.
High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is regular elevated blood pressure in the arteries. People with hypertension are at increased risk for strokes, vision loss, dementia and coronary artery disease. For that reason, patients are administered drugs to reduce their blood pressure. Unfortunately, these medications do not work for some patients, and medical scientists seek other ways to lower blood pressure. One technique is called renal denervation, where the nerves in blood vessels near the kidneys are burned away using radio wave pulses. The procedure is done by inserting a catheter into the femoral artery, and pushing it in until it reaches a kidney. Prior research has suggested the technique works for some people in some cases, but its long-term efficacy (and safety) have not been well studied until now.
In this trial, 80 volunteers, all of whom had hypertension that was not responding to conventional medications, were invited to participate. Thirty-eight of the volunteers underwent the SPYRAL HTN-ON MED renal denervation procedure, while the other 42 were given a placebo procedure and served as a control group. All of the volunteers were also given hypertension medication and monitored over the following three years.
The researchers found that after three years, those volunteers who had received the renal denervation procedure had a 18.7 mm Hg reduction in systolic ambulatory blood pressure over 24 hours compared to just 8.6 mm Hg for those in the control group. They also found a 20.9 mm Hg reduction for office systolic blood pressure compared to 12.5 mm Hg, for the control group. They describe the results as producing "a clinically meaningful and lasting blood pressure reduction."
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Just wondering if a nerve block could serve the same purpose but not be permanent?
Wow.
Fascinating.
I’m sure a lot of people wanted to know about this.
Compelling. Intriguing.
Yep.
Those with high blood pressure, and there are many of us, do find this compelling.
There’s a huge ping list for medical issues, so apparently lots of ppl are interested in this news. Just scroll past if you’re not.
Not getting married will keep you from getting high blood pressure.
If married then getting a divorce will lower high blood pressure.
Kids moving out of the home will lower high blood pressure.
Are they interested enough to loan you sufficient letters to spell "people"?
I can't send money to everyone on Free Republic, but I can help them with their quality of life—even yours.
I know you just do this as a gentle, even funny, nudge, but not everyone will see it that way.
My father in law has this blood pressure problem. I never heard of this procedure and thank the OP for posting.
My sophisticated humor, unfortunately, passes right over the heads of most folks.
It is perhaps my greatest failing in life.
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