Virtual doppelgänger may help pick right patients for kidney nerve treatment

This pilot study will test whether a personalized computer model, called a 'digital twin,' can predict which patients with high blood pressure will respond to a procedure called renal denervation. The study will enroll 60 people, including those with resistant hypertension, untreated hypertension starting medication, and those with a hormone condition called primary aldosteronism. Researchers will build each patient's digital twin from routine test results and see if it can accurately forecast blood pressure changes three months after treatment.