. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Am Soc Hypertens. 2015 Jul 31;9(10):794–801. doi: 10.1016/j.jash.2015.07.012

Table 1.

Group mean values of heart rate (HR), systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), and muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) before (baseline), 6 months, and 12 months after renal nerve ablation

Parameter	Baseline	6 Months	12 Months
N	11	11	8
HR (bpm)	62 ± 11	60 ± 9	60 ± 11
SBP (mm Hg)	156 ± 27	157 ± 22	157 ± 23
DBP (mm Hg)	86 ± 12	85 ± 12	82 ± 6
MSNA_f (bursts/minute)	34 ± 8	32 ± 11	33 ± 14
MSNA_i (bursts/100 beats)	57 ± 16	55 ± 17	55 ± 20
Mean spike frequency (spikes/second)	8 ± 3	7 ± 3	10 ± 5
Median spike frequency (spikes/second)	5 ± 4	4 ± 3	6 ± 4
Maximum spike frequency (spikes/second)	27 ± 10	25 ± 10	30 ± 9

N, number of patients; MSNAf, burst frequency; MSNAi, burstincidence.