ABSTRACT
The authors describe a new method of X-ray endovascular destruction of the adrenal in patients with arterial hypertension and hyperaldosteronism. Destruction of the adrenal is accomplished by acute occlusion of its venous channel by introduction of a 3% thrombovar solution through a catheter installed in the central vein of the suprarenal gland. This method was applied in 22 patients with arterial hypertension; essential hypertension with secondary hyperaldosteronism was found in 18 of them, renoparenchymatous hypertension in 2, aldosteroma of the left adrenal in one, and Itsenko-Cushing's disease in one patient. Acute occlusion of the adrenal venous channel was achieved in 20 patients. The intervention normalized blood pressure in 16 and reduced it significantly in 4 patients.
