Renal denervation is back. Or not. The failure of renal denervation (RDN) was one of the most spectacular failures in cardiovascular medicine in recent years. Great expectations for RDN appeared to die with the Simplicity-3 HTN trial, the first rigorous test of the technology, which showed that it was ineffective in the treatment of resistant…
Study Shows Why Sham Controls Are Necessary For Device Trials
January 12, 2016 by 1 Comment
— If we can melt the ice-caps then surely we can understand our own fallibility, says one UK cardiologist. The strongest known force in the universe is the ability of the human mind to deceive itself. If we know something to be true then we find the evidence to prove it. There is no better…
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