March 27, 2014 — Scientists at CBSET, a not-for-profit preclinical research institute dedicated to biomedical research ...
Hypertension
This page includes news and new technology on hypertension. The condition is caused by abnormally high blood pressure that causes excess force and pressure of the blood against the artery walls. Long-term, this can cause damage the vessels and contributes to heart disease. Therapies include antihypertensive medications such as diurestics and renal denervation therapy.
By Dave Fornell, DAIC editor
Data from several cutting-edge device clinical trials will be presented as late-breakers ...
February 7, 2014 — Results from several late-breaking clinical trials will be presented during the American College of ...
January 28, 2014 — ReCor Medical advanced its Paradise System for renal denervation (RDN) for treatment resistant hypert ...
January 10, 2014 — CVRx Inc. announced findings from a health-economic analysis published in the Journal of Hypertension ...

January 9, 2014 — Medtronic Inc. announced its U.S. pivotal trial for its Symplicity renal denervation system to treat ...
January 2, 2014 — Medtronic Inc. announced that the first patients were randomized in Symplicity HTN-4, which will ...

December 24, 2013 — Clinical trials for a promising new class of cholesterol-lowering medications, a long-awaited repair ...

December 6, 2013 — Medtronic Inc. announced CE mark in Europe and Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) listing in ...
December 6, 2013 – Medtronic, Inc. presented three-year data from SYMPLICITY HTN-2, the first and longest-running ...

Feature | Dave Fornell
The use of renal stenting in combination with medication-based therapy to treat hypertension showed no improvement in ...
November 13, 2013 — Petr Neuzil, M.D., Nemocnice Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic, presented three-month ...

November 13, 2013 — Medtronic Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an ...
November 8, 2013 — A new way of using blood pressure-lowering medications could prevent more than a fourth of heart ...
October 31, 2013 — Patients treated with the Boston Scientific Vessix Renal Denervation System experienced a significant ...