Improvement of the renal function after renal sympathetic denervation in refractory hypertensive patients with chronic kidney disease: possible predictors

Int J Cardiol. 2015 Nov 15:199:10-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.06.140. Epub 2015 Jul 7.

¹ Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil; Hospital Regional Darcy Vargas, Rio Bonito, RJ, Brazil.
² Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil.
³ Department of Cardiology, Shanghai First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; Fellowship of European Heart Rhythm Association/European Society of Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Elisabethinen University Teaching Hospital Linz, Linz, Austria.
⁴ Hospital Regional Darcy Vargas, Rio Bonito, RJ, Brazil.
⁵ Abteilung Elektrophysiologie, Herzzentrum, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany.
⁶ Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil. Electronic address: jocerl@huap.uff.br.

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Keywords: Blood pressure reduction; Chronic kidney disease; Hypertension; Improvement of renal function; Renal denervation.

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