Clinical Outcome of Patients With Resistant Hypertension Undergoing Renal Denervation: A Report From the Swedish Registry for Renal Denervation

Two registries interlinked by the Swedish personal identification number The Swedish Registry for Renal Denervation: The Swedish Registry for Renal Denervation is an investigator - initiated academic online database, developed by our group and supported by the Swedish authorities. The registry contains 130 variables summarizing baseline patient characteristics, procedural details, as well as follow - up data. The database contains patient data from the seven Swedish university hospitals that have performed RDN since 2011 exclusively, thereby providing a nation-wide data set with a follow-up of up to five years.

The Swedish Primary Care Cardiovascular Database (SPCCD):

SPCCD comprises data from 75 000 patients diagnosed with hypertension collected at primary care centres in the Stockholm and Skaraborg region during the time period 2001-2008. Patient baseline characteristics may be derived from the individual electronic medical records.

Study objectives:

• To describe the incidence of the composite end-point of myocardial infarction, stroke, heart failure and cardiovascular death in patients with resistant hypertension treated with RDN as compared to conservatively treated resistant hypertensives.
• Our hypothesis is that RDN treated individuals will show a lower event rate in regard to the composite clinical end - point during the first 5 years of follow - up when compared to conservatively treated individuals with resistant hypertension.