Clinical & Experimental Cardiology
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Gustavo Ramalho da Silva

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• Research Article
  Effects of Renal Sympathetic Denervation in Comparison to β-Blocker on Heart Rate Control in Hypertensive Patients with Permanent Atrial Fibrillation
  Author(s): Marcio Galindo Kiuchi, Shaojie Chen, Gustavo Ramalho da Silva, Luis Marcelo Rodrigues Paz and Gladyston Luiz Lima SoutoMarcio Galindo Kiuchi, Shaojie Chen, Gustavo Ramalho da Silva, Luis Marcelo Rodrigues Paz and Gladyston Luiz Lima Souto
  
  Aim: We aim to compare the effects of renal sympathetic denervation (RSD) to β-blocker use in heart rate (HR), blood pressure (BP) and echocardiographic parameters in hypertensive patients with permanent atrial fibrillation (PAF). Methods and results: Twenty hypertensive patients with PAF and elevated HR were submitted to β-blocker use (n=10) or underwent RSD (n=10) and completed 6 months of follow-up. The enrolled patients had 24-hour-Holter monitoring, 24-hour ABPM and echocardiogram at baseline and at 1st and 6th months of follow-up. Our results showed that in 20 controlled hypertensive patients with PAF there was decrease in maximum, average and minimum HR measured by 24-hour-Holter monitoring during the 6 months of follow-up, both for the group using bisoprolol (n=10) and the group that underwent RSD (n=10). However, we could .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9880.1000439

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