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. 

Top stories of 2012 in cardiology
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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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August 15, 2012 — Sound Interventions Inc. has released three-month data from the company's first-in-human clinical ...

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June 1, 2012 Kona Medical Inc. announced it has raised $30 million in Series C financing to advance its novel ...

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May 18, 2012 -- St. Jude Medical Inc., a global medical device company, announced that preliminary data demonstrated the ...

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May 15, 2012 – St. Jude Medical Inc. announced CE mark approval and launch of its EnligHTN renal denervation system ...

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