ST. PAUL, Minn. & MUNICH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ), a global medical device company, today announced that interim data demonstrated the company’s EnligHTN™ renal denervation system is safe and effective for the treatment of resistant hypertension. Data released during the ESC (European Society of Cardiology) Congress 2012 for the EnligHTN I (ARSENAL) trial demonstrated that on average patients with resistant hypertension experienced a rapid systolic blood pressure reduction of 28 mmHg points after 30 days that remained stable with a reduction of 27 mmHg points three months after treatment.
