2024
Effect of Alcohol-Mediated Renal Denervation on Blood Pressure in the Presence of Antihypertensive Medications: Primary Results From the TARGET BP I Randomized Clinical Trial
Kandzari D, Weber M, Pathak A, Zidar J, Saxena M, David S, Schmieder R, Janas A, Langer C, Persu A, Mendelsohn F, Ameloot K, Foster M, Fischell T, Parise H, Mahfoud F. Effect of Alcohol-Mediated Renal Denervation on Blood Pressure in the Presence of Antihypertensive Medications: Primary Results From the TARGET BP I Randomized Clinical Trial. Circulation 2024, 149: 1875-1884. PMID: 38587557, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.124.069291.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSystolic blood pressureOffice systolic blood pressureRenal denervationOffice diastolic BPAmbulatory systolic BPBlood pressureSham controlsPrimary endpointBetween-group differencesNo significant differenceAntihypertensive medicationsDiastolic BPSystolic BPPresence of antihypertensive medicationBaseline-adjusted changeRenal artery dissectionMonths post-procedureSignificant differenceRenal denervation groupAmbulatory systolic blood pressureNo significant between-group differencesStatistically significant reductionSignificant between-group differencesSecondary endpointsOffice BP
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