Moderator's view: renal denervation: the jury is still out and the verdict will be more complex than initially envisaged

Affiliations

¹ National Research Council and Institute of Clinical Physiology (CNR-IFC) Clinical Epidemiology and Physiopathology of Renal Disease and Hypertension Unit at Ospedali Riuniti, Reggio Calabria 89124, Italy.
² Nephrology Hypertension and Renal Transplantation Unit, Ospedali Riuniti, Reggio Calabria 89124, Italy.

Carmine Zoccali et al. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2014 Jun.

. 2014 Jun;29(6):1124-6.

doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfu100.

¹ National Research Council and Institute of Clinical Physiology (CNR-IFC) Clinical Epidemiology and Physiopathology of Renal Disease and Hypertension Unit at Ospedali Riuniti, Reggio Calabria 89124, Italy.
² Nephrology Hypertension and Renal Transplantation Unit, Ospedali Riuniti, Reggio Calabria 89124, Italy.

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Comment in

Con: renal denervation for all resistant hypertensive patients: the Emperor's new clothes.
Persu A, Jin Y, Lengelé JP, Jacobs L, Renkin J, Staessen JA. Persu A, et al. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2014 Jun;29(6):1116-9. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfu098. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2014. PMID: 24876198 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Pro: sympathetic renal denervation in hypertension and in chronic kidney disease.
Blankestijn PJ, Bots ML, Spiering W, Leiner T, Voskuil M. Blankestijn PJ, et al. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2014 Jun;29(6):1120-3. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfu099. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2014. PMID: 24876199 No abstract available.