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- Relationship to Diabetes
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Although much of the research is still in early stages, renal denervation (RDN) has the potential to benefit a number of novel indications, including chronic kidney disease, arrhythmias and glucose control.
C. Venkata S. Ram, MD, of Dallas Nephrology Associates in Dallas, TX, said that patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) suffer from inappropriate activation of the sympathetic nervous system, suggesting that RDN may have an effect. Patients with CKD tend to have significant and difficult-to-treat hypertension, as well as increased arterial stiffness; some small studies have shown that arterial stiffness is lessened after RDN.
?RDN could be a useful alternative to reduce BP in patients with CKD. And accompanied by an improvement in arterial stiffness, [RDN] could have CV benefits,? Ram said. Reducing the hypertension associated with CKD also could help stave off end-stage renal disease.
http://www.tctmd.com/show.aspx?id=121055
C. Venkata S. Ram, MD, of Dallas Nephrology Associates in Dallas, TX, said that patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) suffer from inappropriate activation of the sympathetic nervous system, suggesting that RDN may have an effect. Patients with CKD tend to have significant and difficult-to-treat hypertension, as well as increased arterial stiffness; some small studies have shown that arterial stiffness is lessened after RDN.
?RDN could be a useful alternative to reduce BP in patients with CKD. And accompanied by an improvement in arterial stiffness, [RDN] could have CV benefits,? Ram said. Reducing the hypertension associated with CKD also could help stave off end-stage renal disease.
http://www.tctmd.com/show.aspx?id=121055