Acute effect of renal sympathetic denervation on blood pressure in refractory hypertensive patients with chronic kidney disease

Int J Cardiol. 2015:190:29-31. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.04.039. Epub 2015 Apr 7.

¹ Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil; Hospital Regional Darcy Vargas, Rio Bonito, RJ, Brazil.
² Department of Cardiology, Shanghai First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; Fellowship of European Heart Rhythm Association/European Society of Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Elisabethinen University Teaching Hospital Linz, Linz, Austria.
³ Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil.
⁴ Hospital Regional Darcy Vargas, Rio Bonito, RJ, Brazil.
⁵ Abteilung Elektrophysiologie, Herzzentrum, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany.
⁶ Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil. Electronic address: [email protected].

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Keywords: Blood pressure reduction; Chronic kidney disease; Hypertension; Improvement of renal function; Renal denervation.

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