From Chronic Pain to Parkinson’s, 4 Ways DBS is Changing Care
UCSF looks back on four ways it pioneered deep brain stimulation with the help of federal funding, helping patients with Parkinson’s Disease, chronic pain, depression, and more.
University of California San Francisco
The vascular surgery team at UCSF Health recently became the first among University of California medical centers to implant a Barostim device to treat heart failure. The team implanted the device in a young woman with the goal of reducing her heart failure symptoms and improving her quality of life.
Barostim is a new, FDA-approved, implantable device that rebalances the autonomic nervous system, with the goal of improving outcomes for heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction.