• Ján Rosa, Petr Widimský, Petr Toušek, Ondřej Petrák, Karol Čurila, Petr Waldauf, František Bednář, Tomáš Zelinka, Robert Holaj, Branislav Štrauch, Zuzana Šomlóová, Miloš Táborský, Jan Václavík, Eva Kociánová, Marian Branny, Igor Nykl, Otakar Jiravský, and Jiří Widimský.
• From the 3rd Department of Medicine, Centre for Hypertension, General University Hospital and First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (J.R., O.P., T.Z., R.H., B.Š., Z.Š., J.W.); Cardiocentre, University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady and Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (J.R., P.W., P.T., K.Č., F.B.); Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady and Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (P.W.); Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Olomouc, Czech Republic (M.T., J.V., E.K.); and Cardiocentre, Nemocnice Podlesí, Třinec, Czech Republic (M.B., I.N., O.J.). jan.rosa@lf1.cuni.cz.
• Hypertension. 2015 Feb 1;65(2):407-13.

AbstractThis prospective, randomized, open-label multicenter trial evaluated the efficacy of catheter-based renal denervation (Symplicity, Medtronic) versus intensified pharmacological treatment including spironolactone (if tolerated) in patients with true-resistant hypertension. This was confirmed by 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring after excluding secondary hypertension and confirmation of adherence to therapy by measurement of plasma antihypertensive drug levels before enrollment. One-hundred six patients were randomized to renal denervation (n=52), or intensified pharmacological treatment (n=54) with baseline systolic blood pressure of 159±17 and 155±17 mm Hg and average number of drugs 5.1 and 5.4, respectively. A significant reduction in 24-hour average systolic blood pressure after 6 months (-8.6 [95% cofidence interval: -11.8, -5.3] mm Hg; P<0.001 in renal denervation versus -8.1 [95% cofidence interval: -12.7, -3.4] mm Hg; P=0.001 in pharmacological group) was observed, which was comparable in both groups. Similarly, a significant reduction in systolic office blood pressure (-12.4 [95% cofidence interval: -17.0, -7.8] mm Hg; P<0.001 in renal denervation versus -14.3 [95% cofidence interval: -19.7, -8.9] mm Hg; P<0.001 in pharmacological group) was present. Between-group differences in change were not significant. The average number of antihypertensive drugs used after 6 months was significantly higher in the pharmacological group (+0.3 drugs; P<0.001). A significant increase in serum creatinine and a parallel decrease of creatinine clearance were observed in the pharmacological group; between-group difference were borderline significant. The 6-month results of this study confirmed the safety of renal denervation. In conclusion, renal denervation achieved reduction of blood pressure comparable with intensified pharmacotherapy.© 2014 American Heart Association, Inc.

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