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. 

Renal Denervation Clinical Study EnligHTNment Trial St. Jude Medical
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March 1, 2013 — St. Jude Medical Inc. announced plans for a new landmark clinical study that will evaluate whether renal ...

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St. Jude Medical EnligHTN II trial Renal Denervation System
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February 13, 2013 — St. Jude Medical Inc. announced enrollment of the first patient in the EnligHTN II trial. This post ...

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My job as editor of DAIC is to help readers keep tabs on the latest in cardiovascular technology and trends. With ...

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My job as editor of DAIC is to help readers keep tabs on the latest in cardiovascular technology and trends. With ...

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Top stories of 2012 in cardiology
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To help identify trends and find out what DAIC readers are interested in, the magazine takes note of what they click on ...

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January 16, 2013 — Covidien began the commercial launch of the OneShot Renal Denervation System, an over the wire ...

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2012 Top 10 Advances in Heart Disease and Stroke Research
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December 28, 2012 — Resuscitation, cell regeneration, a new high blood pressure treatment and developments in devices ...

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December 27, 2012 — Cardiosonic Inc., a private developer of technology in the field of renal denervation for the ...

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RealView's 3-D holographic projection of a heart
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The annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) meeting brings many cutting-edge technologies to the ...

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December 20, 2012 — BlipCare has presented the world's first Wi-Fi blood pressure monitor on international crowd funding ...

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November 30, 2012 — St. Jude Medical Inc. announced that the company’s EnligHTN renal denervation system provides a safe ...

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Boston Scientific Renal Denervation Vessix Vascular
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November 8, 2012 — Boston Scientific Corp. is extending its reach into the renal denervation market by signing a ...

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November 7, 2012 — Kona Medical Inc. announced the initiation of the first clinical study of its device therapy for drug ...

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November 5, 2012 — ReCor Medical reported one-year follow-up data on patients who have been treated via renal ...

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October 3, 2012 — When multiple medications prove ineffective, patients with high blood pressure are currently left with ...

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