MRI-based detection of renal artery abnormalities related to renal denervation by catheter-based radiofrequency ablation in drug resistant hypertensive patients.
Monica SigovanSalim Si-MohamedPierre-Yves CourandBrahim HarbaouiMarc SapovalSébastien BrosPhilippe C DouekPierre LantelmeLoic BousselPublished in: European radiology (2018)
• Contrast-enhanced MRI provides anatomic evidence of renal artery RF ablation • Temperature increase related to RF ablation induces transient arterial wall inflammation • Morphological effects observed 2 days post RF ablation are not visible after 6 months.
Keyphrases
- contrast enhanced
- radiofrequency ablation
- drug resistant
- magnetic resonance imaging
- diffusion weighted
- magnetic resonance
- hypertensive patients
- diffusion weighted imaging
- computed tomography
- multidrug resistant
- blood pressure
- acinetobacter baumannii
- oxidative stress
- catheter ablation
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- sensitive detection