Catheter-based renal denervation is no simple matter: lessons to be learned from our anatomy?

Felix Mahfoud; Elazer R Edelman; Michael Böhm

doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2014.05.037

Catheter-based renal denervation is no simple matter: lessons to be learned from our anatomy?

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Aug 19;64(7):644-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.05.037.

Authors

Felix Mahfoud¹, Elazer R Edelman², Michael Böhm³

Affiliations

¹ Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Kardiologie, Angiologie und Internistische Intensivmedizin, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg/Saar, Germany. Electronic address: felix.mahfoud@uks.eu.
² Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Kardiologie, Angiologie und Internistische Intensivmedizin, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg/Saar, Germany.

PMID: 25125293
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.05.037

No abstract available

Keywords: renal denervation catheters; renal nerve ablation; renal sympathetic nerve distribution; therapy resistant hypertension; treatment recommendation.

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MeSH terms

Humans
Kidney / innervation*
Male
Renal Artery / innervation*
Sympathetic Nervous System / anatomy & histology*