Posts Tagged ‘high blood pressure’
The American Heart Association has updated high blood pressure guidelines
In August 2025, the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology (AHA/ACC) published updated high blood pressure (also known as hypertension) guidelines. The guidelines, updated for the first time since 2017, include several new recommendations that patients and their primary care providers should know. “These are the most up-to-date guidelines for treating patients with one of…
Read MoreMedicare expands coverage for innovative procedures to treat stubborn high blood pressure
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently completed its analysis of two procedures to help people with tough-to-treat high blood pressure (also known as “resistant hypertension”). The CMS analysis expands insurance coverage to these procedures for Medicare patients. Inova Schar Heart and Vascular offers both procedures – radiofrequency renal denervation (known as rRDN)…
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