Previous studies have indicated that ablation of renal sympathetic nerves reduces blood pressure in patients with resistant hypertension and preserved renal function. Hering et al. have now investigated the efficacy and safety of this procedure in patients with moderate to severe chronic kidney disease.
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P. J. Blankestijn declares associations with the following companies: Medtronic (research funding and speaker's fee), St Jude Medical (speaker's fee). See the article online for full details of the relationships. J. A. Joles declares no competing interests.
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Blankestijn, P., Joles, J. Renal denervation in chronic kidney disease. Nat Rev Nephrol 8, 439–440 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneph.2012.143
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