Renal denervation for resistant hypertension

There is a marked contrast between the high prevalence of hypertension and the low rates of adequate control. A subset of patients with suboptimal blood pressure control have drug-resistant hypertension, in the pathophysiology of which chronic sympathetic hyperactivation is significantly involved. S...

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Main Authors: Manuel de Sousa Almeida, Pedro de Araújo Gonçalves, Eduardo Infante de Oliveira, Henrique Cyrne de Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-02-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0870255115000086