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. 

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December 24, 2013 — Clinical trials for a promising new class of cholesterol-lowering medications, a long-awaited repair ...
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December 6, 2013 — Medtronic Inc. announced CE mark in Europe and Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) listing in ...
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December 6, 2013 – Medtronic, Inc. presented three-year data from SYMPLICITY HTN-2, the first and longest-running ...

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The use of renal stenting in combination with medication-based therapy to treat hypertension showed no improvement in ...
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November 13, 2013 — Petr Neuzil, M.D., Nemocnice Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic, presented three-month ...
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November 13, 2013 — Medtronic Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an ...
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November 8, 2013 — A new way of using blood pressure-lowering medications could prevent more than a fourth of heart ...
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October 31, 2013 — Patients treated with the Boston Scientific Vessix Renal Denervation System experienced a significant ...
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October 28, 2013 — CBSET, a not-for-profit preclinical research institute dedicated to biomedical research, education ...
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October 25, 2013 — Kona Medical Inc. announced it has closed a Series D equity financing of $10 million. Morningside ...
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October 14, 2013 — Since its debut in 2010, the renal denervation market has generated enthusiasm across the medical ...

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September 27, 2013 — Rox Medical has crossed the halfway point in the CONTROL-HTN international, multi-center ...

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September 9, 2013 -- Among patients with prehypertension and coronary artery disease, use of the renin (an enzyme ...

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September 3, 2013 — St. Jude Medical Inc. announced the CE mark approval of its next-generation EnligHTN renal ...

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August 22, 2013 — Qinghui Chen, assistant professor in Michigan Tech’s kinesiology and integrative physiology department ...

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