If nothing helps from hypertension…
A tiny implant has been created
to reduce blood pressure
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A group of British and American researchers have created an innovative device the size of a paper clip that reduces poorly controlled blood pressure.
The results of this work are presented in the journal The Lancet: Lobo et al., Central arteriovenous anastomosis for the treatment of patients with uncontrolled hypertension (the ROX CONTROL HTN study): a randomized controlled trial.
High blood pressure is dangerous, as it can lead to stroke, heart attack and chronic kidney failure.
The American company ROX Medical has developed a device that is an implant the size of a paper clip, which is installed between an artery and a vein in the upper thigh. The procedure takes place under local anesthesia and takes about 40 minutes on average.
Of the 83 patients suffering from poorly treatable hypertension, 44 study participants were implanted with the developed device, and the remaining 39 were prescribed standard therapy. The results of the study showed that in patients from the experimental group, blood pressure decreased after the installation of the miniature device and remained at this level six months after the implant was installed.
Approximately one third of the patients who underwent the procedure of installing an innovative implant developed swelling of the legs that required treatment. However, in most patients, the researchers noted a reduction in complications and hospitalizations due to hypertension. The device also stabilized the condition of those patients who were not helped by renal denervation (radiofrequency destruction of nerves located along the renal arteries).
"Existing methods of treating the disease are based on hormonal or neurological regulation of blood pressure. This is a new and very promising approach in the treatment of hypertension," said the main author of the study Melvin Lobo (in a press release Revolutionary device found to lower blood pressure, published on the website of Queen Mary University of London – VM).
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