Jill Nicole Barnes

US Patent:

20170065327, Mar 9, 2017

Filed:

Apr 1, 2015

Appl. No.:

15/120315

Inventors:

- Rochester MN, US
Timothy B. Curry - Rochester MN, US
Jill N. Barnes - Madison WI, US

Assignee:

Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research - Rochester MN

International Classification:

A61B 18/12
A61N 1/05
A61K 31/216
A61K 31/4188
A61K 31/4164
A61M 5/142
A61N 1/36

Abstract:

This document provides methods and materials involved in treating hypertension (e.g., age-associated hypertension, resistant hypertension, or chronic refractory hypertension), heart failure (e.g., congestive heart failure), or kidney disease (e.g., chronic kidney disease). For example, methods and materials involved in administering one or more sympatholytic agents to a patient to identify the patient as having an elevated baseline level of sympathetic nerve activity and treating the identified patient with a sympatholytic therapy to reduce the symptoms of hypertension (e.g., resistant hypertension), heart failure (e.g., congestive heart failure), or kidney disease (e.g., chronic kidney disease) are provided.