(HealthDay News) –For people with hard-to-control blood pressure, a new implantable device shows promise, researchers report.
The device, surgically placed just below the collarbone, sends a four- to six-volt electrical jolt to the carotid arteries. This is said to lower blood pressure through a process known as baroreflex activation therapy.
The researchers were scheduled to present their findings Tuesday at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology in New Orleans.
“People with resistant hypertension — high blood pressure that doesn’t respond to multi-drug therapy and lifestyle changes — are a growing group, and they’re in desperate need of additional treatments,” study lead author Dr. John D. Bisognano, professor of medicine in the cardiology division of the University of Rochester, said in a meeting news release.
“This system is safe, and its effect is as good as two or three drugs for people who are already taking five or six drugs and still can’t control their hypertension,” said Bisognano, who is also a consultant for CVRx, Inc., the device’s maker, which funded the study.
Though very different in terms of how invasive the various treatments are, CVRx, Rheos and RESPeRATE are technological advances for the treatment of high blood pressure that are increasingly coming to the attention of the medical community.
The March/April 2011 of Cardiology in Review reviewed RESPeRATE and the Rheos.
In regard to RESPeRATE it noted that it “is a commercially available electronic device that presents a novel nonpharmacological approach to the treatment of hypertension.
The lack of side effects, the demonstrated efficacy, and compliance demonstrate that there is a potential benefit of using this therapy in clinical practice, especially when pharmacologic therapy has already failed to achieve BP control. “
The British Hypertension Society noted in the Strategic Review 2010 – 2016 that “the expansion of devices such as Resperate, baroreceptor stimulation and renal sympathetic nerve ablation need further evaluation and assessment. The Society will need to stay abreast of these technological developments.”
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this device really sounds good, but is it to good to be true, I use metropolo and nivedical and my blood pressure goes up and down and I do exercise two hours a day. maybe you can send me more info on the product, but I do not think I could afford it. Im on social security and medical.
I am unable to take any medications for high blood pressure because of allergic reactions. I am interested in finding out more about the device that is implanted to lower blood pressure. Please let me know where I can have such a device implanted.
170/105 This is my standard BP, no matter what medicine and combination of drugs I take or whether I exercise or not the difference is negligible.Where can one have that implant fitted?
I will apreciate more info.
Thanks
Folks who have not had good luck with the hypertensive drugs should try Resparate. It only takes about 10 minutes a day and lowers the pressure without drugs or side effects. It’s easy to use and you are able to relax as well. I don’t think the docs are doing you justice when they give you more than one medication. If one doesn’t work and 5-6 don’t work then there needs to be more investigative work as to your lifestyle, diet etc. Contrary to popular belief a low sodium diet doesn’t help. You can use Sea Salt but still be careful. Regular table salt has a lot of chemicals that help to raise B/P Stay away from processed foods, white bread, sugar, white flour and white pasta. If you watch your food intake you will see a big improvement. Let me know how you are doing.
I take care of my mother,she is 83 yrs old.She is not obese, wighs 127 lbs, eat healthy, eg brown rice, all wheat stuff. She is a diabetic, also on several BP meds, She is highly allergic to a lot of the bp meds. We have a lot of problem getting her BP under control.About 4-5 weks now she has been using the RespErate therapy . There has been some improvement in the reading, all the same we are hoping to decrease her meds, as seen in the tesimonials given by respErate users.
I am interested in getting more information about the CVRx implantable device. I have had hypertension for over thirty years, difficult to control. I do not tolerate easily some antihypertensive medicines.