SYMPLICITY™ BLOOD PRESSURE PROCEDURE
What is high
blood pressure?
High blood pressure is one of the most common health issues in the United States.1 Understand the causes of high blood pressure (HBP) and learn the current guidelines to know if you should talk to your doctor.
What is blood pressure?
Blood pressure is a measure of how strongly blood pushes against your arteries as the heart pumps blood through your body.1 Your blood pressure does not stay the same all the time. It changes depending on what you are doing or how you are feeling.
What is considered high blood pressure?
Some people experience a higher level of blood pressure continuously for longer periods of time. When this happens, it forces the heart to work harder, which can lead to many other health problems.2,3
This condition is called high blood pressure, or hypertension. It’s a dangerous condition because it often has no symptoms or warning signs.4
U.S. guidelines from
the American Heart Association define high blood pressure as any value greater than
130/80 mmHg.2
How does the body control blood pressure?
Your heart and blood vessels are involved in blood pressure control, as well as your kidneys.5 In some people, the nerves connected to the kidneys experience excessive activity that interrupts the natural process of control, leading to higher blood pressure.6
What causes high blood pressure?
Many factors increase your risk of developing high blood pressure.2
Factors you can control:
- Diet
- Exercise
- Smoking
Factors you can’t control:
- Family history
- Race/ethnicity
- Age
- Gender
- Chronic conditions like diabetes and kidney disease
Who does high blood pressure affect?
High blood pressure is very common,1 affecting all genders, young and old, people who are fit, and people with health problems. About 50% of all adults in the U.S. have high blood pressure.7
High blood pressure affects different races, ethnicities, and communities.
- Black and Hispanic adults have a higher lifetime risk of hypertension than White adults.8
- About 60% of Black adults in the United States have high blood pressure.9
- Black Americans experience five times the mortality risk from high blood pressure compared with white Americans.10
- Hispanic Americans with high blood pressure are more likely to go undiagnosed.10
- Asian Americans have lower awareness and control rates compared to White Americans, despite having similar treatment rates.10
> 1.4 billion
adults are affected worldwide.4
What are the dangers of high blood pressure?
High blood pressure often shows no symptoms, particularly in the early stages, which is why most people do not realize they have it.4 It can quietly damage your body for years. Once it becomes elevated, it can become a serious condition. If not controlled, it can lead to significantly increased health risks.2,3
Learn about the Symplicity™ blood pressure procedure.
The Symplicity™ procedure is a proven safe and effective way to help reduce high blood pressure.11,12
Get the facts about high blood pressure.
What causes high blood pressure?
What are the health risks?
What treatments are available?
You’ll find the answers here.
Not every person will experience the same results. Talk to your doctor to see if the Symplicity™ blood pressure procedure is right for you. Your doctor should discuss all potential benefits and risks with you.
Find a Symplicity™ specialist.
Here’s how you can find a doctor near you who is experienced in the Symplicity™ blood pressure procedure.
Is the Symplicity™ blood pressure procedure right for you?
Answer a few simple questions, and then talk to your doctor to see if the procedure may be right for you.
1. American Heart Association. What is high blood pressure? Updated May 23, 2024. Accessed October 22, 2025.
2. Jones DW, Ferdinand KC, Taler SJ, et al. 2025 AHA/ACC/AANP/AAPA/ABC/ACCP/ACPM/AGS/AMA/ASPC/NMA/PCNA/SGIM 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 joint committee on clinical practice guidelines. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2025;86(18):1567–1678. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2025.05.007.
3. Mayo Clinic. High blood pressure dangers: Hypertension’s effects on your body. Published November 28, 2023. Accessed October 22, 2025.
4. World Health Organization. Hypertension fact sheet. Published March 16, 2023. Updated September 25, 2025. Accessed October 22, 2025.
5. American Heart Association. High blood pressure and your kidneys. Accessed October 22, 2025.
6 Sata Y, Head GA, Denton K, May CN, Schlaich MP. Role of the sympathetic nervous system and its modulation in renal hypertension. Front Med (Lausanne). 2018;5:82. doi:10.3389/fmed.2018.00082.
7. The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Control Hypertension. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Surgeon General; 2020.
8. Ogunniyi MO, Commodore-Mensah Y, Ferdinand KC. Race, ethnicity, hypertension, and heart disease: JACC Focus Seminar 1/9. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021;78(24):2460-2470. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2021.06.017
9. Million Hearts. Estimated Hypertension Prevalence, Treatment, and Control Among U.S. Adults Table. Accessed October 22, 2025.
10. Aggarwal R, Chiu N, Wadhera RK, et al. Racial/ethnic disparities in hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control in the United States, 2013 to 2018. Hypertension. 2021;78(6):1719–1726. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.121.17570.
11. Kandzari DE, Townsend RR, Kario K, et al. Safety and efficacy of renal denervation in patients taking antihypertensive medications. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023;82(19):1809–1823. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2023.08.045.
12. 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, randomised, sham-controlled trial. Lancet. 2020;395(10234):1444–1451. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30554-7.