Evert van Leeuwen

TL;DR: Clinical evidence in support of RDN as an effective interventional technique in patients with resistant hypertension is conflicting; a number of observational studies and three randomized, controlled trials support both safety and efficacy of this new therapy but some smaller studies and the large, single-blind, randomized, sham-controlled symplicity HTN-3 trial failed to show superiority ofRDN when compared with medical therapy alone.

TL;DR: It is found that the EL concept is profoundly unclear, and none of the key notions are unambiguous, but they may function as a starting point for the development of care strategies on EL at the end of life.

TL;DR: The European Expert Group pointed out the major unmet need of standardization of measurements, trial design and procedural performance, and the need for high-quality, collaborative research and openness to new methods for recruitment, patient selection, and assessment of outcomes will be able to establish incontrovertibly whether device therapies for hypertension are effective.

TL;DR: Discrepancies between willingness to consent to donate and refusal at the bedside can be attributed to an unresolved dilemma: aiding people or protect the body of the deceased.

TL;DR: Qualitative research consisting of semi-structured interviews with 59 women in the Netherlands concluded that ethical beliefs are one of the factors implicated in the decision about prenatal screening for Down's syndrome.