Revolutionary Treatment Lowers Blood PressureMain Category:
Hypertension Also Included In: Cardiovascular / Cardiology
Article Date: 15 Feb 2013 A novel drug-free treatment consisting
of "blasting" nerves in the kidneys with radio waves is helping
to decrease high blood pressure in patients. The method, known
as renal denervation (RDN), is administered for a length of 45
minutes under local anesthetic and is the first new alternative
treatment for patients who cannot lower their blood pressure
using traditional drugs. Around 70 million adults in the United
States are affected by high blood pressure - or hypertension -
which makes the body pump blood too strongly through the
arteries and heart. Dangerous health issues associated with
hypertension include: High frequency signals then burn off
highly active nerves, boosting blood flow to the organs and
decreasing levels of a hormone associated with high blood
pressure. Dr James Wilkinson, a consultant cardiologist at
Southampton General Hospital said: "This trea