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ReviewClinical kidney journal2025

Renal denervation is effective in reducing blood pressure in patients with CKD.

Agnes Bosch, Dennis Kannenkeril, Roland E Schmieder

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Review in Clinical kidney journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Salt and chronic kidney disease.Nature reviews. Nephrology · 2026
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  2. Management of hypertension in chronic kidney disease.Clinical medicine (London, England) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Agnes BoschDepartment of Nephrology and Hypertension, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6952-4660
Dennis KannenkerilDepartment of Nephrology and Hypertension, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany.
Roland E SchmiederDepartment of Nephrology and Hypertension, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hypertension is a major cause and the predominant accelerator of progressive loss of renal function in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Despite advances in pharmacological intervention in recent years, a significant proportion of patients with CKD have uncontrolled, often treatment-resistant hypertension, necessitating alternative therapeutic approaches to control hypertension and slow the progression of renal function decline. Renal denervation modifies efferent and afferent renal sympathetic nerve activity and thus addresses an important modifier of both, blood pressure and renal function that has not been adequately addressed by pharmacologic therapies. This article reviews the current evidence on renal denervation in hypertensive patients with CKD. Safety and efficacy data from clinical trials and observational studies are reassuring that renal denervation is emerging as a promising additional treatment option for patients with uncontrolled hypertension and CKD. However, further randomized controlled data are needed to support these findings, particularly in patients with advanced CKD.

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blood pressurechronic kidney diseasechronic renal insufficiencyrenal denervationrenal function

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PMID40491782
PMCPMC12146849

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