St. Jude Plans Trial To Study Renal Denervation Outcomes
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Landmark trial will evaluate if reductions in blood pressure caused by renal denervation translate to clinical improvements in patients with hard-to-treat hypertension.
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