2020
Evaluation of Transcatheter Alcohol-Mediated Perivascular Renal Denervation to Treat Resistant Hypertension
Janas A, Król M, Hochuł M, Jochymczyk M, Hayward-Costa C, Parise H, Haratani N, Fischell T, Wojakowski W. Evaluation of Transcatheter Alcohol-Mediated Perivascular Renal Denervation to Treat Resistant Hypertension. Journal Of Clinical Medicine 2020, 9: 1881. PMID: 32560164, PMCID: PMC7356226, DOI: 10.3390/jcm9061881.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAmbulatory blood pressure monitoringRenal denervationResistant hypertensionOffice BPCatheter-based renal denervationBlood pressure monitoringRenal artery anatomyHypothesis-generating studyContrast computer tomographyAnti-hypertension drugsNephrologist consultationResistant HTNAdult patientsSympathetic nervesSystolic pressureHypertension treatmentRenal arteryArtery anatomyAdventitial spaceMean decreasePressure monitoringPatientsDenervationHypertensionVariable success
2005
Cross-Sectional Association of Kidney Function with Valvular and Annular Calcification: The Framingham Heart Study
Fox C, Larson M, Vasan R, Guo C, Parise H, Levy D, Leip E, O’Donnell C, D’Agostino R, Benjamin E. Cross-Sectional Association of Kidney Function with Valvular and Annular Calcification: The Framingham Heart Study. Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2005, 17: 521-527. PMID: 16382018, DOI: 10.1681/asn.2005060627.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMitral annular calcificationAortic annular calcificationAnnular calcificationValvular calcificationKidney diseaseAortic sclerosisKidney functionPresence of MACTotal/HDL cholesterolVascular risk factor burdenRenal Disease Study equationEnd-stage kidney diseaseRisk factor burdenCardiovascular risk factorsCardiovascular disease eventsChronic kidney diseaseEarly kidney diseaseBody mass indexOnset of ESRDFramingham Offspring StudyTwo-dimensional echocardiographyFramingham Heart StudyDiastolic BPHDL cholesterolHypertension treatment