http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Inherited ventricular arrhythmias are an important cause of morbidity and sudden cardiac death in children who have structurally normal hearts. Despite conventional medical therapy, some of these children remain symptomatic with recurrent life-threatening arrhythmias, syncope, or frequent discharges from implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs). Video-assisted thoracoscopic left cardiac sympathetic denervation (VATS-LCSD) is a minimally invasive procedure that can help many of these children with refractory cardiac arrhythmias. The results of a single-center experience with VATS-LCSD will be presented during the Congenital Heart Disease Session of the 93rd AATS Annual Meeting in Minneapolis by Dr. Sophie C. Hofferberth, MBBS. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-minimally-invasive-vats-lcsd-children-refractory.html Cardiology Tue, 07 May 2013 15:30:02 EST news287140955 Up to 10 per cent of patients with high blood pressure are resistant to treatment, which puts them at increased risk of cardiovascular events, including heart attacks. Clinical trials show that catheter-based renal denervation reduces blood pressure in patients who do not respond to conventional drug therapy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-esc-patients-centres-renal-denervation.html Cardiology Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:30:25 EST news286133398 Directing short bursts of radio waves at nerves surrounding the kidneys lowered blood pressure for at least six months and up to one year among patients with hypertension that persists regardless of taking multiple medications to control it, according to a new study published in the American Heart Association journal, Circulation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-radio-kidneys-persistent-high-blood.html Cardiology Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:00:04 EST news274966901 Renal denervation improves blood pressure and arterial stiffness in patients with therapy resistant hypertension, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2012 by Mr Klaas Franzen from the University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein. The findings suggest that renal denervation regenerates blood vessels and could reduce cardiovascular events. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-renal-denervation-blood-pressure-arterial.html Cardiology Mon, 27 Aug 2012 10:20:03 EST news265279875 Renal sympathetic denervation improves anxiety, depression, quality of life and stress in patients with resistant hypertension, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2012 by Dr Denise Fischer from Saarland University Hospital. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-renal-sympathetic-denervation-physical-mental.html Cardiology Mon, 27 Aug 2012 10:00:01 EST news265279777 Renal denervation leads to significant and sustained blood pressure reduction for up to 18 months in patients with treatment resistant hypertension, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2012. The new clinical data from the Symplicity HTN-2 randomized clinical trial were presented by principal investigator Dr Murray Esler at the scientific session, associate director of the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute of Melbourne, Australia and by Prof Böhm for the ESC Press Conference. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-renal-denervation-significant-sustained-blood.html Cardiology Mon, 27 Aug 2012 09:50:19 EST news265279811 Renal denervation successfully treats patients with resistant hypertension in real world patient populations, according to a study presented at ESC Congress 2012. The findings were presented by Dr Darren Mylotte from France. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-renal-denervation-resistant-hypertension-real.html Cardiology Mon, 27 Aug 2012 09:49:17 EST news265279750 Renal denervation leads to better outcomes than standard drug treatment in patients with advanced heart failure, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2012. The results of the Olomouc I pilot study were presented by Dr Miloš Táborský from the University Hospital Olomouc. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-renal-denervation-outcomes-drugs-advanced.html Cardiology Mon, 27 Aug 2012 09:47:19 EST news265279633 Doctors at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre today performed a minimally invasive surgical procedure to treat high blood pressure, called renal denervation, for the first time in Canada. The procedure can significantly reduce high blood pressure in patients who cannot effectively treat their hypertension through drugs. These patients, numbering approximately 250,000 Canadians, have to endure an especially high risk of heart attacks and stroke, which continues to kill thousands of Canadians every year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-canada-renal-denervation-procedure-high.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:17:36 EST news246032221