The biophysics of renal sympathetic denervation using radiofrequency energy

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 337-344

  Patel, Hitesh C ^a   Dhillon, Paramdeep S ^a   Mahfoud, Felix ^b   Lindsay, Alistair C ^a   Hayward, Carl ^a   Ernst, Sabine ^a   Lyon, Alexander R ^a   Rosen, Stuart D ^a   Di Mario, Carlo ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biophysics; Radio frequency catheter ablation; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ABLATION CATHETER; BIOPHYSICS; BLOOD CLOTTING; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DENERVATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT SAFETY; RENAL ARTERY; RENAL SYMPATHETIC DENERVATION; REVIEW; TARGET ORGAN; TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION; INNERVATION; KIDNEY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYMPATHECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT SAFETY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYMPATHECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899583609     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-013-0618-6     Document Type: Review

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