A clinical trial to evaluate a new, investigational treatment for patients with high blood pressure commenced in Galway University Hospitals (GUH) this month
Dr Faisal Sharif, Consultant Cardiologist at GUH, is the principal investigator leading the study. He said, “This new investigational technique for treating high blood pressure using the Peregrine System KitTM is minimally invasive and is carried out under mild sedation. We use a special catheter which is inserted through a small incision in the groin and guided to the renal arteries using angiography. The catheter then delivers a small dose of medical alcohol to the area just outside the renal artery where the nerves that contribute to the increase in blood pressure are located. The alcohol has the effect of deactivating the over-signalling of the nerves and this in turn reduces the blood pressure.”
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