This is for blood pressure caused by primary aldosteronism, or salt buildup. The key points:
> Doctors have developed a technique to burn away nodules that lead to a large amount of salt building up in the body, which increases the risk of a stroke or heart attack.
> Doctors in London and Cambridge have developed the innovative treatment, which is called targeted thermal therapy (TTT) or endoscopic ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation. It could “transform” the lives of patients and cure that type of high blood pressure by using short bursts of intense heat from a needle to destroy the nodules, medics involved say.
This is for blood pressure caused by primary aldosteronism, or salt buildup. The key points:
> Doctors have developed a technique to burn away nodules that lead to a large amount of salt building up in the body, which increases the risk of a stroke or heart attack.
> Doctors in London and Cambridge have developed the innovative treatment, which is called targeted thermal therapy (TTT) or endoscopic ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation. It could “transform” the lives of patients and cure that type of high blood pressure by using short bursts of intense heat from a needle to destroy the nodules, medics involved say.