Catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation improves central hemodynamics and arterial stiffness: A pilot study

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 861-870

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

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY DENERVATION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RENAL SYMPATHETIC DENERVATION; RESISTANT HYPERTENSION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PILOT PROJECTS; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; SYMPATHECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84870479831     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2012.00704.x     Document Type: Article

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