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Renal sympathetic denervation in resistant hypertension

dc.contributor.authorSantos, M.
dc.contributor.authorCyrne-Carvalho, H.
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-11T10:46:37Z
dc.date.available2014-11-11T10:46:37Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractResistant hypertension remains a major clinical problem despite the available multidrug therapy. Over the next decades, its incidence will likely increase given that it is strongly associated with older age and obesity. Resistant hypertension patients have an increased cardiovascular risk, thus effective antihypertensive treatment will provide substantial health benefits. The crosstalk between sympathetic nervous system and kidneys plays a crucial role in hypertension. It influences several pathophysiological mechanisms such as the central sympathetic tone, the sodium balance and the systemic neurohumoral activation. In fact, studies using several animal models demonstrated that the renal denervation prevented and attenuated hypertension in multiple species. Large reductions in blood pressure were also observed in malignant hypertension patients submitted to sympathectomy surgeries. However, these approaches had an unacceptably high rates of periprocedural complications and disabling adverse events. Recently, an innovative non-pharmacological therapy that modulates sympathetic activation has been successfully developed. Renal sympathetic percutaneous denervation is an endovascular procedure that uses radiofrequency energy to destroy the autonomic renal nerves running inside the adventitia of renal arteries. This method represents a promising new approach to the strategy of inhibiting the sympathetic nervous system. The aim of this review is to examine the background knowledge that resulted in the development of this hypertension treatment and to critically appraise the available clinical evidencepor
dc.identifier.citationWorld J Cardiol 2013 April 26; 5(4): 94-101por
dc.identifier.doi10.4330/wjc.v5.i4.94
dc.identifier.issn1949-8462
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.16/1731
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherBeijing Baishideng BioMed Scientific Copor
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://www.wjgnet.com/1949-8462/pdf/v5/i4/94.pdfpor
dc.subjectArterial hypertensionpor
dc.subjectSympathetic activitypor
dc.subjectRenal denervationpor
dc.subjectPercutaneous ablationpor
dc.subjectResistant hypertensionpor
dc.titleRenal sympathetic denervation in resistant hypertensionpor
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.conferencePlaceChinapor
oaire.citation.endPage101por
oaire.citation.startPage94por
oaire.citation.titleWorld journal of cardiologypor
oaire.citation.volume5(4)por
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspor
rcaap.typearticlepor

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