<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Buckley, Rita</style></author></authors><secondary-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sievert, Horst</style></author></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">An Emerging Technology for the Treatment of Refractory Hypertension</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MD Conference Express</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2012</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2012-11-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">22-23</style></pages><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hypertension (HTN) affects more than 25% of adults in developed societies [Wolf-Maier K et al. Hypertension 2004] and is a leading attributable cause of mortality worldwide, causing 7.5 million deaths annually [Symplicity HTN-1 Investigators. Hypertension 2011]. Refractory or resistant hypertension, which is defined as elevated blood pressure despite full doses of 3 antihypertensive agents, including a diuretic, is being increasingly recognized as a clinically important problem that might affect 13% of the hypertensive population [Geisler BP et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 2012]. Recently, catheter-based renal denervation treatment has proven to be a viable therapeutic approach for resistant HTN [Geisler BP et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 2012]. This article discusses emerging technologies and new renal denervation devices in development.</style></abstract><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">8</style></number><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">12</style></volume></record></records></xml>