Renal

The need for dialysis after TAVR increases mortality

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Stage III or higher renal impairment is frequent before TAVR, and the need for...

SPYRAL HTN-OFF MED: Renal Denervation Reloaded?

This work presented at the ESC Congress 2017 held in Barcelona, simultaneously published in The Lancet, seems to...

Patients with Resistant Hypertension: Nearly 50% doesn’t take medication

The DENERHTN trial (Renal Denervation for Hypertension) confirmed the efficacy of renal denervation in addition to antihypertensive...

Complications of peripheral angioplasty access

Original title: Access Site Complications After Peripheral Vascular Interventions. Incidence, Predictors, and Outcomes. Reference: Daniel Ortiz et al. Circ Cardiovasc...

Renal angioplasty versus medical treatment, no clinical benefit and only a modest help to control blood pressure

Original title: Stenting and Medical Therapy for Atherosclerotic Renal-Artery Stenosis. CORAL trial. Reference: Christopher J. Cooper et al. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1310753  Between...

Cardiac baroreflex sensitivity can predict response to renal denervation

Original title: Impaired Cardiac Baroreflex Sensitivity Predicts Response to Renal Sympathetic Denervation in Patients with Resistant Hypertension. Reference: Christine S....

Renal denervation for moderate resistant hypertension

Original title: Renal denervation in moderate treatment resistant hypertension. Reference: Christian Ott et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 2013. Article...

Renal Denervation: All Published Literature Available so far

Original title: Effectiveness of Renal Denervation Therapy for Resistant Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Reference: Mark I. Davis et...