Hypertension may be the nation’s sneakiest epidemic, a time bomb that’s a leading cause of heart attacks, strokes and kidney failure, and one that’s growing worse as the population rapidly grows older.
Despite an arsenal of drugs, millions of people in the United States can’t get their blood pressure down to safe levels. Now, in a high-stakes experiment at dozens of hospitals, scientists are testing a dramatically different approach for the toughest to treat patients, by burning away some overactive nerves deep in the body that can fuel rising blood pressure.
To attempt an invasive treatment - a catheter is threaded through blood vessels in the groin up to the kidneys - reflects doctors’ frustration with a disease that too often is underrated because people with it don’t look or feel sick until a lot of damage has been done.
Source: http://www.health.am/hypertension/more/tested-for-high-blood-pressure/
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