@article{3031006,
    title = "Joint ESH excellence centers' national meeting on renal sympathetic
denervation: A Greek experts' survey",
    author = "Doumas, Michael and Andreadis, Emmanouil and Andronoglou, Markos and and Davlouros, Periklis and Dimitriadis, Kyriakos and Gkaliagkousi, Eugene and and Grassos, Harris and Hatzitolios, Apostolos and Iliakis, Panagiotis and and Kalaitzidis, Rigas and Kallistratos, Emmanouil and Kasiakogias, and Alexandros and Konstantinidis, Dimitrios and Kotsis, Vasilios and and Makris, Thomas and Manolis, Athanasios and Moulias, Athanasios and and Marketou, Maria and Papadakis, Ioannis and Papadopoulos, Dimitrios and and Poulimenos, Leonidas and Sanidas, Elias and Sarafidis, Pantelis and and Savopoulos, Christos and Stergiou, George and Tatakis, Fotis and and Thomopoulos, Konstantinos and Triantafyllidi, Helen and Triantafyllou, and Areti and Vlachakos, Dimitrios and Zebekakis, Pantelis and Ziakas, and Antonios and Papademetriou, Vasilios and Tsioufi, Costas and Task Force and Greek ESH Excelle",
    journal = "Ελληνική καρδιολογική επιθεώρηση",
    year = "2021",
    volume = "62",
    number = "5",
    pages = "355-358",
    publisher = "HELLENIC CARDIOLOGICAL SOC",
    issn = "1011-7970",
    doi = "10.1016/j.hjc.2021.04.003",
    keywords = "renal denervation; hypertension; safety; efficacy; Greek hypertension
experts",
    abstract = "Objective: The efficacy of renal sympathetic denervation (RDN) has been
affirmed by a number of recent clinical studies, despite controversies
in this field over the last five years. Therefore, it is of paramount
importance that hypertension experts debate the merits of RDN by
revealing and expressing their personal beliefs and perspectives
regarding this procedure. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was
conducted among Greek leaders of the Hypertension Excellence Centers
with the use of a closed-type questionnaire specifically designed to
elicit information and evaluate the respondent’s views and perspectives
about RDN efficacy, safety and ideal target patient population. Results:
A total of 36 participants completed the survey. Based on the results,
RDN was considered efficient (91.7%) and safe (94.5%), while the
overwhelming majority of the participants felt confident in the
long-term efficacy (88.9%) of the intervention and that it lacks
reliable predictors of blood pressure response (94.5%). Patients with
resistant (91.7%), ultra-resistant (94.4%), and uncontrolled
hypertension (80.6%) were suggested as ideal candidates for RDN.
Establishing a close co-operation between interventionalists and
hypertension experts was considered essential to ensure the efficacy
(97.2%) as well as the safety (97.3%) of the procedure. Conclusion:
The vast majority of Greek hypertension experts surveyed were convinced
of the efficacy and safety of RDN based on the preponderance of
available scientific and clinical data. Identification of the ideal
patient group remains controversial. Respondents generally agreed on the
necessity of building close collaborative relationships between
interventionalists and hypertension experts in order to improve RDN
clinical outcome. (c) 2021 Hellenic Society of Cardiology. Publishing
services by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC
BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)."
}