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When Shannon Clarke, a 48-year-old, retired police officer, received a heart from Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute, he had no idea just how transformational it would be. 

After Patrick Mahomes was tackled around the head, KCTV talked to a neurologist about the impact concussions can have on athletes.

The use of prescription drugs for ADHD has significantly increased in the past few decades. James O'Keefe, MD studies the link between these medications and cardiovascular events.

Andrew Widman was merely hours old when doctors discovered he had a rare heart defect called transposition of the great arteries.

After suffering three heart attacks and struggling to manage his overall health, David Clifton turned to the team Saint Luke's Michael & Marlys Haverty Cardiometabolic Center of Excellence.

When Dale Cooksey's mitral valve wasn't sealing normally, doctors at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute performed the MitraClip procedure to get the 98-year-old back to his active lifestyle quickly.

Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute has successfully completed 800 heart transplants. This is our journey.

Veteran news reporter Dan Verbeck missed the biggest story of his life—his own death.

"It was frustrating, and I thought that was just the way life was going to be," Barry Blank said. Read his about journey with Parkinson's and about the procedure that changed his life.

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