Renal denervation helps to bring drug-resistant hypertension under control, rat study shows

Most clinical studies have shown that renal denervation—a procedure that disrupts the nerves in the kidneys and prevents them from relaying signals—can treat drug-resistant hypertension, although a number have shown the procedure to be ineffective. A new study supports that renal denervation can treat hypertension and suggests that failures may be due to incomplete procedure.