KCTV: Heart health risk factors on the rise amid pandemic

February is Heart Month. Since the start of the pandemic, doctors have seen a rising trend of concerning risk factors.

KCTV talked to Dr. Tracy Stevens, cardiologist and medical director of Saint Luke's Muriel I. Kauffman Women's Heart Center, about what people can do to take ownership of their health.

Watch the full interview below.

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