TY - JOUR
T1 - Unilateral renal sympathetic denervation may reduce blood pressure in patients with refractory hypertension
AU - Negro, Aurelio
AU - Santi, Rosaria
AU - Manari, Antonio
AU - Perazzoli, Franco
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - A 52-year-old Caucasian woman with essential resistant and refractory hypertension despite optimal medical therapy, including 6 different antihypertensive drugs was referred for the catheter-based renal denervation. Due to unfavourable anatomy because of non-critical fibromuscular dysplasia on the right renal artery, renal denervation of only the left renal artery was performed. Before and after the renal denervation, the patient’s blood pressure was monitored by office measurements and ambulatory blood pressure measurements (ABPM). Before the procedure, the mean office blood pressure was 157/98 mmHg; at ABPM, the mean blood pressure values were 145/94 mmHg. At 6 months of follow-up, the mean office blood pressure was 134/90 mmHg and 121/76 mmHg at ABPM. In latest 12 months of follow-up, office and ABPM blood pressure were 125/80 and 127/80 mmHg respectively. This unique case suggests that unilateral renal denervation may be effective in lowering blood pressure in patients with refractory hypertension and unfavorable renal arteries anatomy.
AB - A 52-year-old Caucasian woman with essential resistant and refractory hypertension despite optimal medical therapy, including 6 different antihypertensive drugs was referred for the catheter-based renal denervation. Due to unfavourable anatomy because of non-critical fibromuscular dysplasia on the right renal artery, renal denervation of only the left renal artery was performed. Before and after the renal denervation, the patient’s blood pressure was monitored by office measurements and ambulatory blood pressure measurements (ABPM). Before the procedure, the mean office blood pressure was 157/98 mmHg; at ABPM, the mean blood pressure values were 145/94 mmHg. At 6 months of follow-up, the mean office blood pressure was 134/90 mmHg and 121/76 mmHg at ABPM. In latest 12 months of follow-up, office and ABPM blood pressure were 125/80 and 127/80 mmHg respectively. This unique case suggests that unilateral renal denervation may be effective in lowering blood pressure in patients with refractory hypertension and unfavorable renal arteries anatomy.
KW - Refractory hypertension
KW - Renal artery denervation
KW - Renal fibrodysplasia
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U2 - 10.4081/itjm.2015.544
DO - 10.4081/itjm.2015.544
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84956672874
VL - 9
SP - 362
EP - 366
JO - Italian Journal of Medicine
JF - Italian Journal of Medicine
SN - 1877-9344
IS - 4
ER -