Effectiveness of Renal Denervation in Resistant Hypertension: A Meta-Analysis of 11 Controlled Studies.
Marco PappaccogliMichele CovellaElena BerraChiara FulcheriSilvia Di MonacoElisa PerloJacopo BurrelloSilvia MonticoneDenis RossatoFranco RabbiaFranco VeglioPublished in: High blood pressure & cardiovascular prevention : the official journal of the Italian Society of Hypertension (2018)
In spite of promising results in early reports, renal denervation fails to show superiority to a sham procedure or to medical therapy in recently published controlled studies. Lack of a sham control in most publications and heterogeneity in assessment of treatment adherence may account for part the variability reported in the studies. Renal denervation fails to show superiority to a sham procedure or to medical therapy in recently published controlled studies.