Open AccessResponse to Letter Regarding Article, “Ambulatory Blood Pressure Changes After Renal Sympathetic Denervation in Patients With Resistant Hypertension”
Author(s) -
Felix Mahfoud,
Christian Ukena,
Roland E. Schmieder,
Bodo Cremers,
Lars Christian Rump,
Oliver Vonend,
Joachim Weil,
Martin Schmidt,
Uta C. Hoppe,
Thomas Zeller,
Axel Bauer,
Christian Ott,
Erwin Blessing,
Paul A. Sobotka,
Henry Krum,
Markus P. Schlaich,
Murray Esler,
Michael Böhm
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.114.008029
Subject(s) - medicine , resistant hypertension , denervation , ambulatory blood pressure , blood pressure , ambulatory , renal sympathetic denervation , sympathetic nervous system , sympathetic denervation , cardiology , sympathetic activity , anesthesia , heart rate
We received a letter by Jin et al on our article published recently in Circulation .1 The following points should be clarified:It was argued that we did not measure, but extrapolated, cardiovascular risk. We neither extrapolated nor measured risk in the article. We only reported blood pressure data. Jin et al argue that the proportions of patients at 3, 6 and 12 months are different. This is due to different follow-up periods, as stated in the article as a potential limitation.1 We reported that no major differences existed in medications before and after renal denervation but did not provide doses and drug classes. The study was not aimed to provide an in-depth analysis of drug classes or doses. Jin et al claim that we provided different classifications …
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