1. Effects of Renal Denervation Documented in the Austrian National Multicentre Renal Denervation Registry.
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David Zweiker, Thomas Lambert, Clemens Steinwender, Thomas Weber, Markus Suppan, Helmut Brussee, Christian Koppelstätter, Julia Kerschbaum, Bruno Watschinger, Katharina Hohenstein-Scheibenecker, Roman Reindl-Schwaighofer, Thomas Sturmberger, Claudia Kindslehner, Thomas Werner Weiss, Miklos Rohla, Peter Gruener, Petra Maister, Johann Auer, Cornelia Dechant, Josef Sykora, Christoph Krismer, Stefan Glaser, and Robert Zweiker
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Medicine ,Science - Abstract
Renal denervation (RDN) is a new procedure for treatment-resistant hypertensive patients. In order to monitor all procedures undergone in Austria, the Austrian Society of Hypertension established the investigator-initiated Austrian Transcatheter Renal Denervation (TREND) Registry. From April 2011 to September 2014, 407 procedures in 14 Austrian centres were recorded. At baseline, office and mean 24-h ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) were 171/94 and 151/89 mmHg, respectively, and patients were taking a median of 4 antihypertensive medications. Mean 24-h ABP changes after 2-6 weeks, 3, 6 and 12 months were -11/-6, -8/-4, -8/-5 and -10/-6 mmHg (p
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- 2016
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