Renal denervation for atrial fibrillation: a comprehensive updated systematic review and meta-analysis

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¹ School of Medicine, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
² Department of Physiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
³ Department of Physiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland. m.abdulla@ucc.ie.

^# Contributed equally.

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Khaled Nawar et al. J Hum Hypertens. 2023 Jan.

. 2023 Jan;37(1):89-90.

doi: 10.1038/s41371-022-00700-1. Epub 2022 Apr 25.

¹ School of Medicine, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
² Department of Physiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
³ Department of Physiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland. m.abdulla@ucc.ie.

^# Contributed equally.

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Renal denervation for atrial fibrillation: a comprehensive updated systematic review and meta-analysis.
Nawar K, Mohammad A, Johns EJ, Abdulla MH. Nawar K, et al. J Hum Hypertens. 2022 Oct;36(10):887-897. doi: 10.1038/s41371-022-00658-0. Epub 2022 Jan 29. J Hum Hypertens. 2022. PMID: 35094013 Free PMC article.
Renal denervation for atrial fibrillation: the issue of bias due to nonblinding.
Cheema HA, Shahid A. Cheema HA, et al. J Hum Hypertens. 2023 Jan;37(1):88. doi: 10.1038/s41371-022-00699-5. Epub 2022 Apr 22. J Hum Hypertens. 2023. PMID: 35459789 No abstract available.

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