Renal denervation and Symplicity HTN-3: "Dubium sapientiae initium" (doubt is the beginning of wisdom)

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¹ From the Department of Medicine (Cardiology), Veteran Affairs Medical Center and Georgetown University, Washington, DC (V.P.); Department of Cardiology, Kapodestrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece (C.T.); and Department of Medicine, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece (M.D.). vasilios.papademetriou@va.gov.
² From the Department of Medicine (Cardiology), Veteran Affairs Medical Center and Georgetown University, Washington, DC (V.P.); Department of Cardiology, Kapodestrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece (C.T.); and Department of Medicine, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece (M.D.).

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. 2014 Jul 7;115(2):211-4.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.115.304099.

¹ From the Department of Medicine (Cardiology), Veteran Affairs Medical Center and Georgetown University, Washington, DC (V.P.); Department of Cardiology, Kapodestrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece (C.T.); and Department of Medicine, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece (M.D.). vasilios.papademetriou@va.gov.
² From the Department of Medicine (Cardiology), Veteran Affairs Medical Center and Georgetown University, Washington, DC (V.P.); Department of Cardiology, Kapodestrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece (C.T.); and Department of Medicine, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece (M.D.).

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Keywords: ambulatory blood pressure; catheter ablation; office blood pressure; renal denervation.

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A controlled trial of renal denervation for resistant hypertension.
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