Renal denervation in a patient with Alport syndrome and rejected renal allograft

Renal denervation is a new intervention to treat resistant hypertension. By applying radiofrequency (RF) to renal arteries, sympathetic nerves in adventitia layer of vascular wall can be denervated. Sympathetic hyperactivity is an important contributory factor in hypertension of hemodialysis patients. Hyperactive sympathetic nervous system aggravates hypertension and it can cause complications like left ventricular hypertrophy, heart failure, arrhythmias and atherogenesis. Our report illustrates the use of renal denervation using conventional RF catheter for uncontrolled hypertension in a patient with Alport syndrome and rejected renal allograft. Progressive and sustained reduction of blood pressure was obtained post-procedure and at 24 months follow-up with antihypertensives decreased from 6 to 2 per day, thereby demonstrating the safety, feasibility, and efficacy of the procedure. There are some reports available on the usefulness of this technique in hemodialysis patients; however, there are no studies of renal denervation in patients with Alport syndrome and failed allograft situation..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:67

Enthalten in:

Indian Heart Journal - 67(2015), S3, Seite S71-S73

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Narayana Raju [VerfasserIn]
Vincent Lloyd [VerfasserIn]
Sachin Yalagudri [VerfasserIn]
Bharati Das [VerfasserIn]
A.G. Ravikishore [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Alport syndrome
Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Renal sympathetic denervation
Resistant hypertension
Surgery

doi:

10.1016/j.ihj.2015.12.004

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DOAJ019530463