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Dr. Soliman Al-Habib Specialist Hospital has succeeded in ending the suffering of five patients suffering from chronic and intractable high blood pressure using the second generation of renal nerve cautery devices with catheters, a new achievement of Dr. Solaiman Al-Habib Hospital, specializing in the treatment of high pressure with the second generation of catheters in a step that is the first of its kind in the East Al-Awsat Dr. Soliman Al-Habib Specialist Hospital has succeeded in ending the suffering of five patients suffering from chronic and intractable hypertension using the second generation of renal nerve cautery devices with catheters. American Board and Canadian Fellowship, Dr. Ayman Samih Al-Khadra, holder of the American Board in the treatment of electrical and heart rhythm disorders, in addition to consultants of anesthesiology and intensive care and the nursing team, during the visit of the pioneer of catheterization therapy, Professor Konstantinos Tesofes.
Dr. Muhammad Kurdi explained that the medical team was able, thanks to God, to perform five cauterizing operations for the renal nerves with interventional catheters to treat pressure successfully and without any complications, in the framework of the hospital’s keeping pace with the therapeutic developments, as this achievement is the first use of the second generation of this technology in the Middle East. Dr. Sulaiman Al-Habib is the first medical facility in the Middle East to apply this treatment, and he stressed the improvement of the patients'' condition and the decrease in their blood pressure, expressing his optimism for further improvement during the coming period.
Dr. Kurdi indicated that a number of scientific studies have proven the effectiveness of this technique for treating intractable hypertensive patients, as it reduced their dependence on drugs used to control blood pressure, and in some cases they were completely dispensed with, which prompted some medical associations and bodies specializing in heart diseases and blood pressure to Recommendation of the cauterization of the renal nerves in severe high blood pressure.
Regarding the nature of these operations, Dr. Ayman Al-Khadra said that the five patients were prepared through a number of basic tests and analyzes. As a result, the catheter was used to cauterize the nerve endings in the renal artery that causes high pressure, and the operations took between 30 to 45 minutes only, followed by recovery. Simple, all patients left the hospital the next day and were able to go about their normal lives after less than 48 hours without any complications after the operations, praise be to God.
