| Renal Denervation in Human Hypertension: Mechanisms, Current Findings, and Future Prospects. | |
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PMID: 22457244 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Denervating the human kidney to improve blood pressure control is an old therapeutic concept first applied on a larger scale by surgeons in the 1920s. With the advent of modern pharmacology and the development of powerful drugs to lower blood pressure, approaches to directly target the sympathetic nerves were more or less abandoned. Over the past 2-3 years, however, we have witnessed enormous renewed interest in novel and minimally invasive device-based approaches to specifically target the renal nerves. The enthusiasm is fueled by promising results from proof-of-concept studies and clinical trials demonstrating convincing blood pressure-lowering effects in the majority of treated patients, and perhaps even more so by observations indicating potential additional benefits relating to common comorbidities of hypertension, such as impaired glucose metabolism, renal impairment, left ventricular hypertrophy, and others. Herein we review the current findings and assess whether these high hopes are justified. |
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Markus P Schlaich; Dagmara Hering; Paul A Sobotka; Henry Krum; Murray D Esler |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-3-29 |
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Title: Current hypertension reports Volume: - ISSN: 1534-3111 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Mar |
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Created Date: 2012-3-29 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100888982 Medline TA: Curr Hypertens Rep Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Neurovascular Hypertension and Kidney Disease Laboratory, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, P.O. Box 6492, St. Kilda Road Central, Melbourne, Victoria, 8008, Australia, markus.schlaich@bakeridi.edu.au. |
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