Improved heart rate dynamics in patients undergoing percutaneous renal denervation

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 654-655

  Himmel, Frank ^a   Weil, Joachim ^a   Reppel, Michael ^a   Mortensen, Kai ^a   Franzen, Klaas ^a   Ansgar, Leidinger ^a   Schunkert, Heribert ^a   Bode, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY DENERVATION; LETTER; PERCUTANEOUS RENAL DENERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY; SYMPATHECTOMY;

EID: 84865725459     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2012.00658.x     Document Type: Letter

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