Morgantown, W.Va.-based Mon Health performed the first renal denervation, a procedure that drops high blood pressure, in the state.
Mon Health performed the procedure using Recor Medical's Paradise ultrasound RDN system. The procedure uses a small balloon in the artery and seven seconds of ultrasound to reduce chronic high blood pressure and results in less patient discomfort, reduced fluoroscopy time, and reduced contrast load, according to a Jan. 1 hospital news release.
West Virginia is one of 10 states where the treatment is being tested. Renal denervation is currently in clinical trials.