Cor Vasa 2015, 57(3):e187-e189 | DOI: 10.1016/j.crvasa.2015.01.003

An update of the expert consensus statement of the Czech Hypertension Society on renal denervation in resistant hypertension

Jan Filipovský^a,*, Václav Monhart^b, Jiří Widimský jr.^c

^a II. interní klinika, Lékařská fakulta Plzeň, Univerzita Karlova v Praze a Fakultní nemocnice Plzeň, Plzeň, Česká republika

^b Interní klinika, Univerzita Karlova v Praze, 1. lékařská fakulta a Ústřední vojenská nemocnice - Vojenská fakultní nemocnice, Praha; Synlab Czech s.r.o., Nefrologická ambulance Praha, Česká republika

^c Centrum pro hypertenzi, III. interní klinika - klinika endokrinologie a metabolismu, 1. lékařská fakulta Univerzity Karlovy a Všeobecná fakultní nemocnice, Praha, Česká republika

In the spring of 2012, the Czech Society of Cardiology and Czech Hypertension Society issued a joint expert consensus statement on catheter-based renal denervation (RDN) in the Czech Republic. On the basis of new information from the SYMPLICITY HTN-3, PRAGUE-15 and other studies, there is no reason to introduce RDN into clinical practice. New modalities for RDN, such as radiofrequency ablation, are investigated.

Keywords: Arterial hypertension; Consensus statement; Renal denervation

Received: November 22, 2014; Revised: January 16, 2015; Accepted: January 20, 2015; Published: June 1, 2015  Show citation