Challenging anatomy, how to treat or not to treat?

EuroIntervention. 2013 May:9 Suppl R:R67-74. doi: 10.4244/EIJV9SRA12.

Abstract

Several position statements provided recommendations regarding the anatomical conditions qualifying for renal denervation catheter application based on the HTN-1 and HTN-2 trials. This manuscript summarises anatomical access artery and renal artery conditions which qualify for catheter-based renal denervation according to the instructions for use and those where treatment is not yet generally recommended, mostly due to limitations of the catheter technologies currently available, e.g., no current device is approved for brachial or radial access.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Blood Pressure* / drug effects
  • Catheter Ablation / adverse effects
  • Catheter Ablation / instrumentation
  • Drug Resistance
  • Equipment Design
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / diagnosis
  • Hypertension / drug therapy
  • Hypertension / physiopathology
  • Hypertension / surgery*
  • Kidney / blood supply*
  • Kidney / innervation*
  • Radiography
  • Renal Artery* / abnormalities
  • Renal Artery* / diagnostic imaging
  • Renal Artery* / pathology
  • Sympathectomy / adverse effects
  • Sympathectomy / instrumentation
  • Sympathectomy / methods*
  • Sympathetic Nervous System / physiopathology
  • Sympathetic Nervous System / surgery*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vascular Access Devices

Substances

  • Antihypertensive Agents