Catheter-based renal denervation is no simple matter: Lessons to be learned from our anatomy?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 644-646

  Mahfoud, Felix ^a   Edelman, Elazer R ^b,c   Böhm, Michael ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

renal denervation catheters; renal nerve ablation; renal sympathetic nerve distribution; therapy resistant hypertension; treatment recommendation

Indexed keywords

CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETER BASED RENAL DENERVATION; DEVICE SAFETY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DENERVATION; KIDNEY NERVE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION DEVICE; RENAL ARTERY; RESISTANT HYPERTENSION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

RENAL DENERVATION CATHETERS; RENAL NERVE ABLATION; RENAL SYMPATHETIC NERVE DISTRIBUTION; THERAPY RESISTANT HYPERTENSION; TREATMENT RECOMMENDATION;

HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; RENAL ARTERY; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84905993075     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.05.037     Document Type: Editorial

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