Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TUPELO — High blood pressure, or hypertension, is the top preventable cause of strokes and heart attacks in the United States, ...

Medtronic (MDT) stock rises amid hopes for permanent Category I codes for renal denervation that can widen coverage for the ...

Renal denervation using radiofrequency energy is a cost-effective and high-value intervention for the treatment of uncontrolled hypertension from the perspective of the US healthcare system, an ...

The treatment of resistant hypertension has received a boost with the recent US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of a completely new therapeutic approach that reduces activity in the ...

PARIS, France—With renal denervation on the cusp of gaining a place in clinical practice for the treatment of hypertension, researchers are looking more closely at other conditions associated with ...

GREENBRAE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MarinHealth interventional cardiologists treated the first patient with a revolutionary new renal denervation (RDN) procedure, now offered for patients with poorly ...

Compared with previous surgical iterations of the procedure, explains Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, MBA, FACC, FAHA, FESC, MSCAI, Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital, newer and FDA-approved catheter-based ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Two FDA-approved renal denervation systems are now commercially available in the U.S. The devices are approved ...

The U.S. CMS has confirmed that it will cover renal denervation as a treatment for hypertension in a final coverage memo that largely mirrors the July 2025 draft. One key difference, however, is that ...

Renal denervation fell short of primary and secondary efficacy goals in patients with severe resistant hypertension but did meet the primary safety endpoints, according to keenly awaited data from ...

The technique should be used only in patients with truly resistant hypertension, defined as a sustained clinic systolic blood pressure of at least 160 mmHg (150 mmHg in Type 2 diabetes) in patients on ...