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

Chandler DeBolt needed immediate attention but had extremely limited options before his family was referred to the Adult Congenital Heart Disease program at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City.

Kansas City is poised to become a national leader in addressing the nation’s maternal health crisis, and there’s a way for you to help or to be treated if you’re pregnant and have a heart condition.

“U.S. News & World Report” has named Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City, Saint Luke’s East Hospital, and Saint Luke’s North Hospital–Barry Road as 2025 High Performing hospitals for Maternity Care.

Three Saint Luke’s hospitals earn highest award for U.S. News’ Best Hospitals for Maternity Care.

Largest systematic study of atherosclerosis in ancient human remains suggests innate human predisposition to heart disease.

Dr. Matthew Wilkinson, a transplant surgeon at Saint Luke’s talks about the advances in organ donation and the importance of living organ donation.

At 35 weeks pregnant, Sara went into labor—just three days before she and her fiance were supposed to get married. A goal they had before the baby arrived, but their son had other plans.

More than 100,000 people are on the wait list for a life-saving transplant—and more than 85% of those can be helped by a living donor.

Emery Stone was in total kidney failure. And that’s when everything changed. Not only for Emery, but for the entire Stone family.