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When Aria Larson started working in the operating room at Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City, she saw excellence all around her. If she needed care, she thought, this was where she would go.

On top of helping the unit run smoothly, Easton Thomas uses her downtime and own money to handmake Halloween costumes for babies staying in the NICU.

A recent study led by Andrew Sauer, M.D., cardiologist at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute, showed that for patients with heart failure, hospital participation in the IMPLEMENT-HF initiative improves patient care.

Born with congenital heart disease, Christin Murphy, 41, was familiar with cardiology appointments, stress tests, and surgeries.

Nearly 100 former Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) babies, along with their parents and siblings, returned to Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City to celebrate success and resilience at the annual NICU reunion.

After a fainting spell, Angela Alvarez was ultimately diagnosed with cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure. Her original plan of action was to undergo a heart transplant, but she sought a second opinion at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute.

After years of life-threatening cardiac episodes and chest pain, Cindy Mager, 59, became the first Saint Luke's patient to undergo this innovative, life-saving procedure.

A local man with heart failure who was told numerous times he only had months to live gets a second chance at life after treatment at Saint Luke's.

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.

Ahead of American Heart Month, USA Today talks with Dr. James O’Keefe of the Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute about five steps you can take to reduce your risk of developing heart disease.