Renal sympathetic denervation for resistant hypertension: where do we stand after more than a decade

Abstract Despite the current availability of safe and efficient drugs for treating hypertension, a substantial number of patients are drug-resistant hypertensives. Aiming this condition, a relatively new approach named catheter-based renal denervation was developed. We have now a clinically relevant...

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Main Authors: Marco Antônio Peliky Fontes, Lucas Alexandre Santos Marzano, Carina Cunha Silva, Ana Cristina Simões e Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia 2020-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Nephrology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-28002020000100067&tlng=en