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. 

We’re talking to Dr. Jessica Heimes, Surgical Director of Cardiac Transplantation, and Dr. Andrew Kao, Medical Director of Cardiac Transplantation at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute, about what sets Saint Luke’s apart in the region for advanced heart failure and transplant.

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