Nassir F. MARROUCHE,Dennis L. PARKER,Allison PAYNE
申请号：
US14709366
公开号：
US20150238781A1
申请日:
2015.05.11
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2015
代理人:
摘要：
A method of treating hypertension in a mammal is described, including: by focused sound energy, heating at least one nerve at a surface of a renal artery in a mammal during the heating and by magnetic resonance imaging, repeatedly determining thermal levels in each of first and second volumetric zones of a region that includes at least a portion of the surface, the second zone being adjacent to the first zone after determining that an indicium of a thermal level in the first zone exceeds a first threshold, and upon determining that an indicium of a thermal level in the second zone exceeds a second threshold, ceasing the heating of the at least one nerve for at least three months and as a result of the heating, lowering a blood pressure in the mammal.
