New results from a clinical trial testing a novel ultrasound therapy for hypertension show the experimental treatment can deliver clinically meaningful reductions in blood pressure. The treatment is ...

kidney cross section The role of renal denervation in hypertension treatment still needs to be determined. Ultrasound renal denervation lowers systolic blood pressure in patients with mild to moderate ...

Renal denervation (RDN) is a minimally invasive procedure used as an adjunctive treatment for individuals with resistant ...

Ablating the sympathetic nerves in accessory renal arteries might help enhance the blood pressure-lowering effects of renal denervation, a study of tissues from human cadavers suggests. Though ...

SAN DIEGO, CA—Concordant with studies of other technologies for renal denervation, the presence of untreated accessory arteries was associated with a reduced blood pressure-lowering response to the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An FDA panel voted that for adults with uncontrolled hypertension, the benefits of an ultrasound renal ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA approved an ultrasound renal denervation device for treatment of hypertension. The device is intended ...

A version of this article was published by HCPLive®. This version has been lightly edited. The FDA has approved the Paradise Ultrasound Renal Denervation (uRDN) system for the treatment of ...

Brief pulses of ultrasound delivered to nerves near the kidney lowered blood pressure in people with drug-resistant hypertension. Brief pulses of ultrasound delivered to nerves near the kidney ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Some invasive procedures that are becoming increasingly common as a first line of treatment for patients diagnosed with narrowed arteries in and around the kidneys may not be ...