OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:
1.  Review the physiology for renal artery nerve ablation

2.  Review the trials of renal artery nerve ablation

3.  Consider the future of sympathetic nerve ablation

FACULTY DISCLOSURE: Cara East, MD, provides research support for Medtronic, Amgen, Penumbra, Guard, Ionis, Alnylam, New Amsterdam, Blue Grass, Bard, Novartis, Noro Nordisk, Merit Medical, Gore, OnX Medtronic and is a consultant/speaker for Medtronic and Novartis.

PLANNER DISCLOSURE:  Michael Mack, MD; Jennifer Thomas, BS, MS;  and Alaina Tellson PhD, RN, NPD-BC, NE-BC; have no relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

ACCREDITATION: The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Scott & White Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

DESIGNATION:  The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Scott & White Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

NURSES: Baylor Scott & White Health is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.