The ability of ultrasound to detect hemodynamically significant lesions that may respond to revascularization will be elucidated in a ... The right renal artery is occluded just after its ...

Researchers evaluated 24 patients with refractory hypertension who underwent ultrasound renal sympathetic denervation at the University of Leipzig-Heart Center in Germany News News CME CME ...

The ultrasound energy is delivered in 7-second bursts to each main renal artery only, typically with two or three treatments to each artery, for an average total ablation time of about 40 seconds.

Renal artery stenosis is often found by accident in patients who are having tests for another reason. ... Kidney ultrasound, which uses sound waves to show the size and structure of the kidney; ...

The simple surgical procedure involves threading a catheter up to the renal arteries via an artery in the leg. Ultrasound energy is then used to, “thermally ablate and disrupt the renal ...

Ultrasound renal denervation injures the sympathetic neurons within the renal artery that contribute to elevated blood pressure. ... no major adverse events or renal artery stenosis greater than ...

The larger the accessory renal artery, the more nerves, and the more worthwhile that is for denervation. Aloke Finn. To gain a better understanding of the sympathetic nerves’ anatomic distribution ...

Renal insufficiency in patients with renal-artery stenosis is also associated with markedly decreased survival. 11 The explanation for the increased risk of cardiovascular events among patients ...

We found that the patient’s plasma metanephrines were normal; however, her plasma renin was 12.0 (normal 0.3–2.2) nmol/L/h, her aldosterone was 1765 (normal < 630) pmol/L and her aldosteroneto-renin ...