Effects of Renal Sympathetic Denervation in Comparison to β-Blocker on Heart Rate Control in Hypertensive Patients with Permanent Atrial Fibrillation

Marcio Galindo Kiuchi^1,2*, Shaojie Chen^3,4, Gustavo Ramalho Da Silva¹, Luis Marcelo Rodrigues Paz¹ and Gladyston Luiz Lima Souto¹

¹Department of Cardiac Surgery and Artificial Cardiac Stimulation, Hospital e Clínica Sao Gonçalo, Sao Gonçalo, RJ, Brazil

²Electrophysiology Division, Department of Cardiology, Hospital e Clínica Sao Gonçalo, Sao Gonçalo, RJ, Brazil

³Department of Cardiology, Shanghai First People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

⁴Fellowship of European Heart Rhythm Association, European Society of Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Elisabethinen University Teaching Hospital Linz, Linz, Austria

^*Corresponding Author: Marcio Galindo Kiuchi, Department of Medicine,Department of Cardiac Surgery and Artificial Cardiac Stimulation, Hospital e Clínica Sao Gonçalo, Sao Gonçalo, RJ, Brazil, Tel: +55 (21) 26047744 Email: