title: Similarities between the renal artery and pulmonary vein denervation trials: Do we have to use sham procedures for atrial fibrillation catheter ablation trials?
authors.affiliation: Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Training and Research Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey. Electronic address: ozcanozeke@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ozcan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ozeke
authors.affiliation: Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Training and Research Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Serkan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cay
authors.affiliation: Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Training and Research Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Firat
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ozcan
authors.affiliation: Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Training and Research Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Kazim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Baser
authors.affiliation: Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Training and Research Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Serkan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Topaloglu
authors.affiliation: Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Training and Research Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Dursun
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aras
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000601:surgery*; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D003714:Denervation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D015990:Placebo Effect; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000294:innervation / Q000601:surgery*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000294:innervation / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Hypertension; Pulmonary vein isolation; Renal artery denervation; Sham procedures