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.

October 14, 2013 — Since its debut in 2010, the renal denervation market has generated enthusiasm across the medical ...
September 27, 2013 — Rox Medical has crossed the halfway point in the CONTROL-HTN international, multi-center ...
September 9, 2013 -- Among patients with prehypertension and coronary artery disease, use of the renin (an enzyme ...

September 3, 2013 — St. Jude Medical Inc. announced the CE mark approval of its next-generation EnligHTN renal ...
August 22, 2013 — Qinghui Chen, assistant professor in Michigan Tech’s kinesiology and integrative physiology department ...
August 2, 2013 — Mercator MedSystems has been issued U.S. Patent 8,465,752, which protects the company’s sole U.S ...

One of the exciting new frontiers for interventional cardiology is the use of renal denervation therapy to treat ...

The field of interventional cardiology is one of constant change and innovation. The past 10 years have documented ...
June 13, 2013 — St. Jude Medical Inc. announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to begin the EnligHTN ...
June 6, 2013 — Boston Scientific Corporation reported interim data from the REDUCE-HTN clinical program, which ...
June 3, 2013 — St. Jude Medical Inc. announced that the company’s EnligHTN multi-electrode renal denervation system ...
May 30, 2013 — Kona Medical announced three and six month results from the WAVE I study, a first-in-man study evaluating ...
May 17, 2013 — Can high blood pressure be safely reduced and controlled by “disconnecting” nerves in the kidneys? That ...