Changes in ambulatory blood pressure monitoring data after renal denervation: 12-month follow-up

The aim of the study was to investigate the long-term changes in arterial blood pressure after sympathetic denervation of the renal arteries. The analysis included a total of 54 patients with resistant hypertension who underwent renal denervation and was monitored for 12 month. Arterial blood pressure within 6 months after the intervention was significantly lower compared with the initial values in these patients. After 12 months, there was a downward tendency in arterial blood pressure values. In addition, the number of responders to the sympathetic renal denervation increased by 11% by the end of the first year of the follow-up.