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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Kapil V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5808654 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Interventional cardiology (London, England) 20140301 1
Resistant hypertension is associated with high morbidity and mortality despite numerous pharmacological strategies. A wealth of preclinical and clinical data have demonstrated that resistant hypertension is associated with elevated renal and central sympathetic tone. The development of interventional therapies to modulate the sympathetic nervous system potentially represents a paradigm shift in the strategy for blood pressure control in this subset of patients. Initial first-in-man and pivotal, ...[more]