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Luke J Laffin1,2, George L Bakris1.
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The year 2014 was a turning point for the field of renal denervation (RDN) and its potential use to treat resistant hypertension. Tremendous enthusiasm shifted to sober reflection on the efficacy of a technology once touted as the cure to resistant hypertension. The following review highlights 2 major questions: First, does catheter-based RDN lower blood pressure and, second, will RDN using catheter-directed therapy for the treatment of resistant hypertension ever become more than an investigational technology. © American Journal of Hypertension, Ltd 2016. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.Entities:
Keywords: blood pressure; denervation; hypertension; treatment
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Year: 2017 PMID: 27838622 PMCID: PMC6279104 DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpw123
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Hypertens ISSN: 0895-7061 Impact factor: 2.689