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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2025

Renal Denervation After USA FDA Approval: An Update from an Interventional Cardiologist's Perspective.

Jiandong Zhang, Peter M Belford, George A Stouffer

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Renal Denervation in Cardiovascular Diseases: Mechanisms, Evidence, and Expanding Applications.Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Jiandong ZhangDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8056-7987
Peter M BelfordDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1360-3981
George A StoufferDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In late 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved two renal denervation (RDN) systems for the treatment of hypertension. Several professional societies, including the Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention (SCAI), the American Heart Association (AHA), and numerous European associations, have recognized the potential role of RDN in managing hypertension. Despite widespread enthusiasm from clinicians, patients, and the industry, the American Medical Association's Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) panel rejected the introduction of new codes for renal denervation at its September 2024 meeting. This article analyzes the latest evidence from clinical trials and registries, reviews current challenges in clinical practice, and explores the role of contemporary hypertension treatment from the perspective of interventional cardiologists.

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hypertensionrenal denervationresistant hypertensionsympathetic nervous system

Identifiers

PMID40429549
PMCPMC12112698

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