Hypertension Therapies

First Implant Made for Barostim neo Device to Treat Hypertension

Prof. Dr. Béla Merkely and Dr. Péter Sótonyi at Semmelweis Egyetem Kardiológiai Központ in Hungary completed the first patient implant of the Barostim neo device for hypertension. Barostim neo is a small, easy...

St. Jude Medical Initiates Study of Renal Denervation for Reduction of Heart Attack, Stroke, Death

St. Jude Medical Inc. announced plans for a new landmark study that will evaluate whether renal denervation and medication can provide health benefits to patients beyond lowering high blood pressure. The EnligHTNment trial is the first large-scale...

St. Jude Medical Announces First Patient Enrollment in EnligHTN II Renal Denervation Study

St. Jude Medical Inc. announced enrollment of the first patient in the EnligHTN II trial. This post-market clinical study will further evaluate the safety and efficacy of the EnligHTN renal denervation system in patients with uncontrolled hyperten...

Most Popular Stories of 2012

To help identify trends and find out what DAIC readers are interested in, the magazine takes note of what they click on when visiting the website. Below are the top 25 stories from 2012, and the top 10 stories read in 2012 that were written in pre...

University Hospitals Case Medical Center Clinical Trial...
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First Implant Made for Barostim neo Device to Treat...
Prof. Dr. Béla Merkely and Dr. Péter Sótonyi at Semmelweis Egyetem Kardiológiai Központ in Hungary completed the first patient implant of the Barostim neo...
Cardiosonic Begins Enrollment in the TIVUS I Renal...
Cardiosonic Inc. announced the completion of the first phase of patient enrollment in its first-in-man (FIM) TIVUS I clinical study. The study is designed to...
Black Patients With Uncontrolled High Blood Pressure Are...
A research study of more than 600 black patients with uncontrolled hypertension found that less than half were prescribed a diuretic drug with proven benefit...
Blipcare Unveils World's First Wi-Fi Blood Pressure Monitor
BlipCare presented the world's first Wi-Fi blood pressure monitor on international crowd funding site Indiegogo in December 2012. The
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Angiotensin II Receptor Blocker Offered as Standalone or Combination Hypertension Therapy
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First Implant Made for Barostim neo Device to Treat...
Prof. Dr. Béla Merkely and Dr. Péter Sótonyi at Semmelweis Egyetem Kardiológiai Központ in Hungary completed the first patient implant of the Barostim neo...
Rox Medical Enrolls First U.K. Patients in CONTROL-HTN...
Rox Medical announced enrollment of the first U.K. patients in the CONTROL-HTN international randomized controlled trial of the Rox Flow procedure for the...
Patient Reports Via Telemedicine Result in Lower Blood...
Using a telemedicine system to engage people in underserved, urban communities to measure and report their blood pressure remotely — outside of the doctor’s...
Symplicity Renal Denervation System Medtronic Inc. Parallel Review Program
Symplicity Renal Denervation System Participates in FDA...
Medtronic Inc. announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have accepted the inclusion of...

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