Pulnovo's PADN Device Cuts Heart Failure Risk 51% in Trial
Shanghai – September 08, 2026 -- Pulnovo Medical's pulmonary artery denervation (PADN) system reduced the risk of clinical worsening by 51% in patients with pulmonary hypertension linked to left heart disease, according to results from the PADN-HF-PH trial presented at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 2026 Congress and published simultaneously in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
Trial of 264 patients shows 51% risk reduction over two-year follow-up
The multicenter, randomized controlled trial, led by academician Yaling Han of the General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, enrolled 264 patients with pulmonary hypertension associated with left heart disease (PH-LHD). Over a median follow-up of 338 days, the estimated two-year incidence of clinical worsening was 25.7% in the PADN-plus-GDMT group versus 51.5% in the guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT)-alone group (hazard ratio 0.49; 95% CI, 0.30 to 0.82; p=0.006).