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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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"Grateful and Humbled": The Back-to-Back Transplants at Saint Luke's that Saved One Man's Life

Anthony Weatherspoon, 68, of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, remembers it like it was yesterday: The day he wasn’t feeling very well in 2024. “I didn’t know what was up,” Anthony says, with his wife, Peggy, at his side.

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Primary Care, the First Line of Defense Against Heart Disease

While it’s common to associate heart health with cardiologists, primary care providers play an important role in heart health by being your first line of defense and determining your risk for heart disease.

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A Simple Test Can Help Determine Your Risk for Heart Attack

For people age 60 or older, or who have a family history of heart disease, one simple test and a matter of minutes can determine the potential risk of a future heart attack.

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KMBC: Saint Luke's Doctors Urge People to Use Same Day Care Options

With high numbers of respiratory illnesses across the region coupled with weather and cold-related injuries, Saint Luke’s is urging people to use one of our Same Day Care options where you can be seen the same day.

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KCTV: Saint Luke's Doctors Urge People to Use Same Day Care Options

Utilizing Same Day Care options help save Emergency Departments for life-threatening emergencies, like car accidents, heart attacks, strokes, and more.

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KCTV: Doctors Urge Patients to Use Same Day Care

Utilizing Same Day Care options help save Emergency Departments for life-threatening emergencies, like car accidents, heart attacks, strokes, and more.

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BBC News: Studies Reveal New Effects of Semaglutide

BBC News talked to Dr. Mikhail Kosiborod about new findings on the cardiovascular effects of semaglutide.

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American Journal of Managed Care: Semaglutide Enhances Heart Failure Outcomes in Obesity

A new subanalysis presented by Dr. Mikhail Kosiborod shows benefits of semaglutide in patients with atrial fibrillation.

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Healio: Treatment Effect of Bystander CPR Varies by Race, Sex

On average, survival benefits of CPR for cardiac arrest could be three times as high for white adults compared to Black adults and twice as high for men compared to women.