Premise, Promise, and Potential Limitations of Invasive Devices to Treat Hypertension

Abstract Invasive device-based therapies for drug-resistant hypertension are undergoing active clinical investigation. The two approaches are 1) permanent implantation of a carotid baroreceptor pacemaker and 2) radiofrequency catheter ablation of the renal nerves. Both are designed to reduce the sym...
Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Autor*in:

Martin, Elizabeth A. [verfasserIn]

Victor, Ronald G. [verfasserIn]

Format:

E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2010

Schlagwörter:

Hypertension

Carotid baroreceptor pacemaker

Radiofrequency catheter ablation

Antihypertensive therapies

Sympathetic nervous system

Parasympathetic nervous system

Sympathetic overactivity

Norepinephrine

Renal vasoconstriction

Renin

Sodium

Vascular resistance

Blood pressure

Blood flow

Heart rate

Efferent renal nerves

Afferent renal nerves

Kidney disease

Renal disease

Heart failure

Left ventricular dysfunction

Innervation

Denervation

Electrical stimulation

Übergeordnetes Werk:

Enthalten in: Current cardiology reports - Heidelberg [u.a.] : Springer, 1999, 13(2010), 1 vom: 02. Dez., Seite 86-92

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:13 ; year:2010 ; number:1 ; day:02 ; month:12 ; pages:86-92

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DOI / URN:

10.1007/s11886-010-0156-z

Katalog-ID:

SPR022874216

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