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Symplicity™ Blood Pressure Procedure
Designed for managing hypertension
Help lower blood pressure with the Symplicity blood pressure procedure.
Adjunctive to the typical management options.
For a long time, the only way to manage high blood pressure (hypertension) was through medications and lifestyle changes, like diet and exercise. Today, there is another approach called the Medtronic Symplicity blood pressure procedure.
High blood pressure, a very common health issue around the world, often has no symptoms but raises the risk of heart attacks, strokes, heart failure, and kidney failure.1–3
~46%
of adults with high blood pressure are unaware they have it.1
~80%
of people with high blood pressure do not have it under control.1
> 1 billion
people are affected worldwide.1
The Symplicity blood pressure procedure is a single, minimally invasive procedure that is proven to be safe and effective.*4–6
Find out how successful the Symplicity blood pressure procedure has been, from clinical studies to real-world patients and their stories.
“Grab this therapy with both hands.”
– Phillip, a Symplicity blood pressure procedure patient
Discover and download FAQ, a discussion guide, and other tools.
The Symplicity blood pressure procedure is a single, minimally invasive procedure that usually takes about an hour and is done in a hospital. Some people go home the same day and others stay overnight and go home the next day. Your doctor will decide what is right for you.
Includes Symplicity Spyral™ and Flex catheters.
Hypertension Fact Sheet. World Health Organization. Available at: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/hypertension. Accessed July 21, 2023.
Whelton PK, Carey RM, Aronow WS, et al. 2017 ACC/AHA/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/AGS/APhA/ASH/ASPC/NMA/PCNA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Hypertension. June 2018;71(6):e13–e115.
High blood pressure dangers: Hypertension's effects on your body. Mayo Clinic. Available at: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/high-blood-pressure/in-depth/high-blood-pressure/art-20045868. Accessed July 21, 2023.
Kandzari DE, Böhm M, Mahfoud F, et al. Effect of renal denervation on blood pressure in the presence of antihypertensive drugs: 6-month efficacy and safety results from the SPYRAL HTN-ON MED proof-of-concept randomised trial. Lancet. June 9, 2018;391(10137):2346–2355.
Böhm M, Kario K, Kandzari DE, et al. Efficacy of catheter-based renal denervation in the absence of antihypertensive medications (SPYRAL HTN-OFF MED Pivotal): a multicentre, randomized, sham-controlled trial. Lancet. May 2, 2020;395(10234):1444–1451.
Mahfoud F, Mancia G, Schmieder R, et al. Blood pressure and MACE reductions after renal denervation: 3-year Global Symplicity Registry results. Presented at PCR e-course 2022.
*Symplicity Spyral™ licenced as SYMPLICITY SPYRAL MULTI ELECTRODE RENAL DENERVATION SYSTEM