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KCTV: Saint Luke’s Patient Avoids Third Open Heart Surgery Thanks to Minimally Invasive Procedure

Born with congenital heart disease, 41-year-old Christin Murphy has undergone three heart surgeries to repair pulmonary valves. They have been tough to get through, but Murphy says this latest one at Saint Luke’s changed her outlook.

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Surviving a Silent Threat

Feeling “off” turned into a critical situation within moments when Stacee suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm that led to a hemorrhagic stroke.

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KSHB: Missouri Woman Diagnosed with Heart Disease Through New Testing at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute

KSHB talked to Dr. Dany Jacob about new diagnostic testing that's giving patients suffering from unexplained chest pain answers.

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KSHB: Kansas City Woman Credits 3D Mammogram for Early Breast Cancer Detection

This year, Michelle almost skipped her preventive screening, but instead of skipping, she chose to get her first 3D mammogram. And like many women, she wasn’t aware that it was now covered by insurance.

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Mindy’s Big Lesson: A Teacher’s Story about Breast Cancer

Mindy, a teacher in Blue Springs, has a family history of breast cancer, so it wasn’t a surprise when her doctor recommended she start annual mammograms at the age of 35.

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Aneurysm Survivor Raises Awareness About High Blood Pressure in Women

An elementary school music teacher and jazz musician, 54-year-old Lisa was initially diagnosed with high blood pressure—the number one killer of women—in her early 30s. It is often called “the silent killer” because most who have it don’t experience any symptoms. Lisa was on blood pressure medication but had stopped taking it because she experienced side effects. She put off seeing her doctor about it for several months.

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Break a Leg - Not a Heart: Local Stage Manager Shares His Gratitude for Saint Luke's Heart Program

Jim Mitchell faced a dilemma — miss rehearsal for a play he was producing during crunch time, or risk having a heart attack. Read his story.

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New Device Helps Musician’s Congestive Heart Failure

Trial device helps Seabrun “Candy” Hunter’s worn heart valve pump at a steady beat.

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Grandmother of eight, baseball fanatic, breast cancer patient

Reconnecting with a former high school classmate turned out to be a saving grace in Lori’s life.

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Aneurysm Threatens Baseball Fan’s Life, Saint Luke’s Rallies to Bring Him Home

Ramon Grado doesn’t remember driving home and then sprawling on the living room floor on Jan. 13, 2013. Patty, his wife of 33 years, found him there an hour later, awake and complaining about his headache.