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.
News | Womens Cardiovascular Health | January 11, 2019
January 11, 2019 — Research suggests that a gene that governs the body’s biological (circadian) clock acts differently...
News | Pharmaceuticals | January 10, 2019
January 10, 2019 — Aurobindo Pharma USA Inc. is conducting a voluntary recall of 80 lots of Amlodipine Valsartan...
News | Hypertension | January 08, 2019
January 8, 2019 – Patients with high blood pressure and progression of periventricular white matter hyperintensities...
News | Hypertension | December 27, 2018
December 27, 2018 — African-American men participating in a blood pressure reduction program implemented in barbershops...
News | Hypertension | December 14, 2018
December 14, 2018 — Digital health company Analytics 4 Life and Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd. announced a collaborative...
News | Pharmaceuticals | December 11, 2018
December 11, 2018 — Mylan Pharmaceuticals is expanding its consumer-level voluntary nationwide recall to include all...
News | November 19, 2018
November 16, 2018 — A research team led by scientists and doctors in Leicester and the Netherlands has shown that a...
News | Hypertension | November 13, 2018
November 13, 2018 — Black adults experience dangerous spikes in high blood pressure, called a hypertensive crisis, at a...
Videos | Hypertension | November 07, 2018
Kim Allan Williams, Sr., M.D., chief of the Division of Cardiology and the James B. Herrick Professor at Rush...
News | Hypertension | October 29, 2018
October 29, 2018 — Blood pressure readings of 130/80 millimeters of mercury (mmHg) or higher taken at home can be used...
A series of procedural images of a pulmonary artery denervation for CpcPH from the PADN-5 trial.
News | Hypertension | October 04, 2018
October 4, 2018 — Pulmonary artery denervation (PADN) is associated with significant improvements in hemodynamic and...
News | Hypertension | October 02, 2018
October 2, 2018 — Two-year results of the Moderato I Study demonstrated immediate, substantial and sustained reduction...
News | Pharmaceuticals | August 27, 2018
August 27, 2018 — Blood pressure and cholesterol-lowering drugs continue to improve survival in patients with...
News | Cardiac Diagnostics | August 03, 2018
August 3, 2018 — Even as a young adult, being overweight may cause higher blood pressure and thicken heart muscle,...
News | Hypertension | July 30, 2018
July 30, 2018 — Approximately 75 percent of black and men women are likely to develop high blood pressure by the age of...
