Function of Renal Sympathetic Nerves

• Main Author: Yutang Wang (auth)
• Other Authors: Kate M. Denton (auth), Kyungjoon Lim (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Physiology; atherosclerosis; heart failure; renal denervation; renal sympathetic nerves; kidney disease; hypertension
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Sympathetic overactivity is associated with the development of hypertension. Renal denervation (RDN) prevents or delays hypertension in a variety of animal models, which laid the groundwork for the introduction of RDN as a clinical therapy in humans. In 2007, a novel, minimally invasive RDN ablation...