COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Healthcare professionals with Piedmont Columbus Regional performed their first Barostim procedure, improving the quality of life for a patient experiencing heart failure in their early 50s.
According to officials, Barostim is an implantable device that delivers gentle electrical pulses to baroreceptors. The system does not require any hardware inside the heart or blood vessels.
In heart failure, the heart struggles to pump blood effectively, causing baroreceptors sensors on the carotid artery to send fewer signals to the brain. This causes the brain to trigger a stress response to force the heart to work harder, and, over time, worsens the symptoms of heart failure.
Barostim increases the signals to the brain, which reduces the stress response and improves heart failure symptoms…