Sunnybrook leads in novel approach to controlling treatment-resistant high blood pressure

Sunnybrook leads in novel approach to controlling treatment-resistant high blood pressure

With nearly 25 per cent of Canadians living with high blood pressure, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is using a new minimally invasive procedure to help patients reduce their risk of heart attack and stroke. About a third of those with high blood pressure have ‘uncontrolled hypertension’, a condition in which high blood pressure levels continue despite treatment. Renal denervation is a minimally invasive therapy to safely and effectively redu…