Dr. Manesh Patel, an interventional cardiologist at Duke Heart Center, poses for a photo in the lab at Duke University Hospital in Durham, N.C. Patel is participating in a research study of a way to treat high blood pressure. (AP)
Duke is one of more than 60 hospitals taking part in the clinical trial of whats called renal denervation. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
Graphic shows treatment for high-blood pressure
WASHINGTON (AP) — “Maxed out on the medications,” is how Bill Ezzell describes his struggle with blood pressure. It’s dangerously high even though the North Carolina man swallows six different drugs a day. Hypertension may be the nation’s sneakiest epidemic, a time bomb that’s a …
