Academic Editors: Stefano Omboni, Brian Tomlinson and Takatoshi Kasai
Background: Renal denervation (RDN)
is effective to lower systolic blood pressure (SBP) in essential hypertension.
However, patient selection under medications remains an important unmet clinical
need. Methods: This multicenter study aimed at observing whether
preprocedural features associated with increased renin-angiotensin-aldosterone
activity influence RDN response. This study enrolled the patients who underwent
RDN for uncontrolled hypertension. Medical records were reviewd and patients were
divided into 2 groups depending by meeting any of the following conditions prior
to RDN: (1)