ReviewReviews in cardiovascular medicine2024
Emerging Role of Renal Sympathetic Denervation as an Adjunct Therapy to Atrial Fibrillation Ablation.
Review in Reviews in cardiovascular medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Preventing atrial fibrillation recurrence with combination of catheter ablation and renal denervation or ganglion plexus ablation: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.Indian heart journalPooled it
- Renal denervation for hypertension.Nature reviews. Cardiology · 2025Review
- An integrated bioinformatics approach for identification of key modulators and biomarkers involved in atrial fibrillation.Journal of cardiovascular and thoracic research · 2025Article
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Abstract
The central anatomical locus in the context of atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation has been the pulmonary veins. Despite the attainment of a modest long-term success rate through pulmonary vein isolation (PVI), the pursuit of achieving a therapeutic efficacy nearing a definitive cure has spurred an investigation into alternative strategies and anatomical loci beyond the pulmonary veins. Despite extensive exploration, none of these alternative targets have succeeded in establishing themselves as routine ablation sites comparable to the pulmonary veins. Consequently, there exists an imperative for further inquiry and refinement of ablation strategies to propel advancements within the domain of AF ablation, thereby augmenting patient outcomes. Simultaneously, the examination of the autonomic system's role in AF pathophysiology introduces an additional ablation target aimed at rectifying sympathovagal imbalance. This discourse presents a contemporary review of renal denervation (RDN) as an emergent and auspicious technique poised to complement PVI, thereby contributing substantively to the augmentation of long-term success within the ambit of AF rhythm-control strategies.
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