{"id":22640,"date":"2024-03-28T08:47:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T12:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=22640"},"modified":"2024-03-28T08:47:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T12:47:41","slug":"new-barostim-technology-gives-veterans-a-spark-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=22640","title":{"rendered":"New Barostim technology gives Veterans a spark of life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doctors at Michael E. DeBakey VA in Houston are utilizing groundbreaking new heart implant therapy to help Veterans with heart failure live longer and healthier lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Army Veteran Johnny Timmons from League City, TX, was the first of six Veterans who have received Barostim implants at Houston VA over the last several months. He says it has given him a spark of life.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/129591\/barostim-technology-gives-veterans-spark-life\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/129591\/barostim-technology-gives-veterans-spark-life\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"60\" class=\"wp-image-20064\" style=\"width: 250px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png 418w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs-300x72.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>&nbsp;The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov) Doctors at Michael E. DeBakey VA in Houston are utilizing groundbreaking new heart implant therapy to help<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,7],"tags":[1213,1214,1215,245],"class_list":["post-22640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medical-technology","category-veterans-benefits","tag-barostim-technology","tag-heart-failure","tag-heart-implants","tag-veterans-health-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22640"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22641,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22640\/revisions\/22641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}