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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May 17, 2013 — Can high blood pressure be safely reduced and controlled by “disconnecting” nerves in the kidneys? That ...

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May 17, 2013 — Prof. Dr. Béla Merkely and Dr. Péter Sótonyi at Semmelweis Egyetem Kardiológiai Központ in Hungary ...

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April 24, 2013 — Cardiosonic Inc. announced the completion of the first phase of patient enrollment in its first-in-man ...

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April 12, 2013 — A research study of more than 600 black patients with uncontrolled hypertension found that less than ...

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April 1, 2013 — Rox Medical announced enrollment of the first U.K. patients in the CONTROL-HTN international randomized ...

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March 12, 2013 — Using a telemedicine system to engage people in underserved, urban communities to measure and report ...

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Symplicity Renal Denervation System Medtronic Inc. Parallel Review Program
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March 12, 2013 — Medtronic Inc. announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Medicare and ...

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March 4, 2013 — Researchers at The Johns Hopkins University and Yale University have discovered that a specialized ...

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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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Feature | Dave Fornell

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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