A better Way to Manage Cardiovascular Function
62%

STROKE CAUSED BY HYPERTENSION

Globally, 62% of strokes and 49% of coronary heart disease are attributable to hypertension, a substantial disease burden4

UP TO 30%

Patients With ResistantHypertension

About 20% to 30% of patients may have resistant hypertension—blood pressure controlled by with the use of more than 3 medications5

50%

More Likely to experience Adverse Cardiovascular Event

Patients with resistant hypertension are almost 50% more likely to experience an adverse cardiovascular event compared with patients with blood pressure controlled by 3 or fewer antihypertensive agents6

Prehypertension represents a large and growing market opportunity.

$370B annual cost of uncontrolled hypertension worldwide1

  • 10% of all global healthcare spending is attributable to high blood pressure4
  • 60% expected increase in the global incidence of hypertension by 20252
  • 1B people currently affected worldwide by hypertension, which will grow to 1.6B people by 20252,3
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References:
  1. Gaziano TA, et al. J Hypertens. 2009;27(7):1472-1477. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32832a9ba3.
  2. Kearney PM, et al. Lancet. 2005;365(9455):217-223.
  3. A global brief on hypertension. World Health Organization website. Published 2013. http://www.who.int/cardiovascular_diseases/publications/global_brief_hypertension/en/. Accessed March 20, 2018.
  4. The world health report 2002. World Health Organization website. Published 2002. http://www.who.int/whr/2002/en/. Accessed March 20, 2018.
  5. Calhoun DA, et al. Hypertension. 2008;51(6):1403-19. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.189141.
  6. Daugherty SL, et al. Circulation. 2012;125:1635-1642. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.068064.