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KMBC: Donate Life Month: Heart and Kidney Recipient Shares His Story

Anthony Weatherspoon, who received lifesaving heart and kidney transplants, is grateful for the gift of life this April.

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Innovative Heart Failure Device Helps Lawrence Woman Return to Doing What She Loves

When Debbie O’Neal was diagnosed with heart failure at 75, she feared her life was ending. She was the same age that her mother had been when she died of heart disease.

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The Wall Street Journal: Heart Attacks Rise During the Super Bowl. You Can Take Precautions.

The Wall Street Journal invited Dr. James O’Keefe, MD, director of preventive cardiology at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute, to explain the potential risk and share tips on how you can protect your heart during the big game.

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America's Healthcare Advocate: Women's Heart Health - Who's at Risk for Heart Attack and Stroke?

Dr. Tracy Stevens and Dr. Anna Grodzinsky joined the America's Healthcare Advocate podcast to talk about heart conditions in women.

Patient Stories

FOX4: Lifelong Chiefs Fan, Heart Transplant Recipient Going to Super Bowl LVIII

FOX4 talked to Ted Perez and his heart transplant surgeon, Dr. Russ Davis, about the lifelong Chiefs fan's incredible story.

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Health News You Can Use: Saint Luke's Performs 1,000th Heart Transplant

The heart transplant team at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute recently performed its 1,000th transplant, reaching a prestigious milestone less than 25 hospitals in the nation have managed to accomplish.

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FOX4: Columbia Man Receives Saint Luke's 1,000th Heart Transplant

A man from Columbia, Missouri, got a new heart and a second chance at life, marking the 1,000th heart transplant at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute.

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Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute Performs 1,000th Heart Transplant, Reaching Prestigious Milestone

Saint Luke’s program becomes the 23rd institution in the U.S. to perform 1,000 heart transplants.

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Lucky Breaks

Caring for the patient at Saint Luke’s Hospital extended to saving the life of a spouse during a Louisiana couple’s fateful trip to Kansas City

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Three-time Heart Attack Survivor Takes Control of His Health

After suffering three heart attacks and struggling to manage his overall health, David Clifton turned to the team Saint Luke's Michael & Marlys Haverty Cardiometabolic Center of Excellence.