Video: Beating heart failure with barostim

Aug 26, 2023

The barostim device is not a cure for heart failure but could help patients live a better quality of life.

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0.199 -> the number of people living with

2.399 -> congestive heart failure in America is

4.259 -> increasing that's expected to affect

6.029 -> more than 8 million people by 2030 for

9.15 -> many of those patients medications stop

11.01 -> working Ursula Perry reports a little

13.769 -> device may hold the key to a more active

15.929 -> and happier life a few months ago Joe

20.31 -> Knox couldn't take a simple walk due to

22.59 -> his congestive heart failure I couldn't

24.81 -> walk from the door of my house to the

28.529 -> car without being out of breath and Joe

31.89 -> is it alone doctors say many heart

34.35 -> failure patients stopped responding to

36.36 -> medication that helps the heart

38.01 -> circulate blood the analogy is when the

40.17 -> car can't drive up the hill as the

43.59 -> engine has some damage it's the same

46.44 -> thing with the hard Joe is taking part

48.84 -> in the beat HF clinical trial at Holy

50.91 -> Cross Hospital this clinical trial

53.27 -> investigates the use of a device called

55.41 -> a bear stimulation device which the

58.41 -> design of it is to help the heart simply

60.6 -> relax the Barrow stem is implanted much

63.359 -> like a pacemaker but it sits on top of

65.729 -> the carotid artery it actually tells the

68.549 -> heart to relax by lowering what's called

72.659 -> sympathetic activity activity to the

75.39 -> heart so the heart doesn't have to work

77.4 -> as hard every two weeks Joe has the

80.189 -> device adjusted as the intensity goes up

83.75 -> the benefits go up dr. Lauren says so

87.96 -> far the technology is proving to be safe

90.06 -> and well tolerated joe says now he can

92.97 -> enjoy walking the dog with his husband

95.22 -> I'm able to drive myself go grocery

99.72 -> shopping myself push the cart around

102.99 -> definitely of a saver giving people with

106.17 -> heart failure a chance at a more active

108.299 -> life ursula Perry case at 12 News

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