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 11, 2018 — Mylan Pharmaceuticals is expanding its consumer-level voluntary nationwide recall to include all ...

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November 16, 2018 — A research team led by scientists and doctors in Leicester and the Netherlands has shown that a ...

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November 13, 2018 — Black adults experience dangerous spikes in high blood pressure, called a hypertensive crisis, at a ...

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Kim Allan Williams, Sr., M.D., chief of the Division of Cardiology and the James B. Herrick Professor at Rush University ...

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October 29, 2018 — Blood pressure readings of 130/80 millimeters of mercury (mmHg) or higher taken at home can be used ...

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October 4, 2018 — Pulmonary artery denervation (PADN) is associated with significant improvements in hemodynamic and ...

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October 2, 2018 — Two-year results of the Moderato I Study demonstrated immediate, substantial and sustained reduction ...

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August 27, 2018 — Blood pressure and cholesterol-lowering drugs continue to improve survival in patients with hypertensi ...

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August 3, 2018 — Even as a young adult, being overweight may cause higher blood pressure and thicken heart muscle ...

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July 30, 2018 — Approximately 75 percent of black and men women are likely to develop high blood pressure by the age of ...

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July 5, 2018 — Physician practices now have access to new resources to improve their standard of quality care for hypert ...

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June 13, 2018 — Medication management platform Medisafe released data showing that, on average, hypertensive patients ...

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May 31, 2018 – ReCor Medical announced that the RADIANCE-HTN SOLO study met its primary efficacy endpoint and ...

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An example of renal denervation therapy being delivered. A catheter is inserted into the renal artery to ablate the nerves in the vessel wall that regulate vasoconstriction. This leaves the vessel permanently in the widest open position to allow greater blood flow to the kidneys.
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May 30, 2018 — Despite the best efforts of clinicians to manage hypertension, it continues to increase and is now ...

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May 23, 2018 – At the 2018 EuroPCR Annual Meeting in Paris, Medtronic announced first-ever-data from the SPYRAL HTN-ON ...

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