Implications of Renal Denervation Therapy in Patients with Sleep Apnea

Table 1

Major clinical studies carried out in patients with AHS syndrome undergoing RND therapy. Modified by Shantha and Pancholy [24].

Author	Year	Patients ()	OSA patients	AHI pre-RDN	AHI post-RDN (6 months)
Damascelli et al. [25]	2013	24 RHT patients	2	63.3	26.5
Schmiedel et al. [26]	2013	40 RHT patients	16	25	17
Thakur et al. [27]	2013	21 RHT patients	6	21.1	10.5
Witkowski et al. [28]	2011	10 RHT patients,; all with OSA	10; 10	30.7	16.1
Zhao et al. [29]	2013	31 RHT patients	15	32	27

Resistant hypertension = RHT; obstructive sleep apnea = OSA; apnea-hypopnea index = AHI; renal sympathetic denervation = RDN; apnea-hypopnea sleep syndrome = AHS.