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[Interventional strategies in hypertension management].
Der Internist 2015 March
A number of invasive treatment approaches have become established in the management of severe treatment-resistant hypertension in recent years, including renal denervation and baroreceptor activation therapy. Both methods achieve their antihypertensive effect by influencing the autonomic nervous system. Renal denervation in particular has stimulated considerable interest, since it is simple to perform and initial studies have yielded highly promising results. However, enthusiasm has waned significantly since the initial euphoria. This is due to the fact that the first randomized placebo-controlled double-blind study showed the method to have no significant effect on blood pressure. This experience illustrates the importance of conducting double-blind studies. On the other hand, these results should not lead to renal denervation being shelved. On the contrary, it is worth attempting to improve the treatment and develop criteria to identify which patients it is likely to benefit. Although experience with baroreceptor activation therapy is significantly more limited, similar conclusions can be drawn on it, despite the fact that-in contrast to renal denervation-it achieved a blood pressure reduction of around 10 mmHg in a double-blind study. A potential novel treatment approach lies in creating an arteriovenous shunt between the iliac artery and vein, which has a particularly marked effect on diastolic blood pressure by reducing peripheral resistance. Therapy using brain stimulation of areas in the brainstem region responsible for blood pressure regulation is still at an experimental stage.
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