Renal sympathetic denervation for resistant hypertension in a child after aortic coarctation surgery

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Apr 1;172(3):e447-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.12.317. Epub 2014 Jan 22.

Authors

R Buchhorn¹, G Ziemer², H M Jetter³, M M Borst³, J Selbach³

Affiliations

¹ Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Caritas Krankenhaus, Bad Mergentheim, Germany. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, USA.
³ Medizinische Klinik, Caritas Krankenhaus, Bad Mergentheim, Germany.

PMID: 24491868
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.12.317

No abstract available

Keywords: Aortic coarctation; Autonomic nervous system; Children; Hypertension; Renal sympathetic denervation.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Aortic Coarctation / complications
Aortic Coarctation / diagnosis
Aortic Coarctation / surgery*
Autonomic Pathways / surgery*
Blood Pressure / physiology*
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Hypertension / etiology
Hypertension / physiopathology
Hypertension / surgery*
Kidney / innervation*
Magnetic Resonance Angiography
Male
Sympathectomy / methods*