Now high blood pressure is permanently curable with Renal Denervation (a new treatment), which is the risk factor for stroke and heart disease.
With the help of angiography this can be permanently cure, said Dr Ashok Seth Director Cardiac Science, Escorts Heart Hospital, New Delhi and immediate Past-President of the Cardiological Society of India.
This new techniques of Angioplasty is under trails in India. After successful trail report it would help long in eliminating high blood pressure, he said.
Emphasising on this new technique Dr Seth said within half hour of surgery in cath lab it’s possible permanently. “There is nerve which connected with to kidney and brain is responsible to high blood pressure in patients. This nerve gives impulse to brain to boost the blood flow in artery”, he added.
With the help of angioplasty we burn this nerve in clab which prevents from high blood pressure, Dr Seth said.
According to the expert this new treatment is called renal denervation, for patients with high blood pressure that is not being lowered enough by medications. It is like angioplasty, but without a balloon or stent. A catheter is threaded into the renal (kidney) arteries and an electric pulse deadens the renal nerves which control blood pressure.
It's under investigation in India but has been quite successful in other countries. “After the report of Drug controller soon this new treatment technique would be introduced in our country”, expert added.
Dr Seth, globally known for introducing pioneering techniques in curing heart ailments and for his invaluable contribution and achievements in the field of medicine rushed to Bokaro to participate in the two days Annual Conference of the Cardiological Society of India, Jharkhand chapter (JACSICON-2013) which is concluded on Sunday at Bokaro Steel City.