Pacemaker for Hypertensives
May 10, 2011 | Terry Sharrer
Resistant hypertension is what you have when drugs, diet modification and exercise fail to ease down the mercury-accounting for 15% of all hypertensives. To address this problem, CVRx, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) has developed “The Rheos System” which is an implantable medical device that delivers a mild shock to the carotid arteries, thereby stimulating a natural reflex that slows heartbeat and relaxes the arteries. In tests, 88% of resistant hypertensives lowered their BP. The devise is sold in Europe and is in clinical evaluation in the US. MORE