Renal denervation in hypertensive patients not on blood pressure lowering drugs.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Studies on the blood pressure lowering effect of renal denervation (RDN) in resistant hypertensive patients have produced conflicting results. Change in medication usage during the studies may be responsible for this inconsistency. To eliminate the effect of medication usage on blood pressure we focused on unmedicated hypertensive patients who underwent RDN.

Methods and results

Our study reports on a cohort of patients, who were not on blood pressure lowering drugs at baseline and during follow-up, from eight tertiary centers. Data of patients were used when they were treated with RDN and had a baseline office systolic blood pressure (SBP) ≥140 mmHg and/or 24-h ambulatory SBP ≥130 mmHg. Our primary outcome was defined as change in office and 24-h SBP at 12 month

SUBMITTER: De Jager RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4989018 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature