Saint Luke's Heart Failure Program
National leader in treating heart failure
Our team of subspecialty trained experts are dedicated to helping patients live full lives through comprehensive heart failure treatment.
Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute offers a full range of heart failure treatment options. Using a combination of medicine, surgery, and symptom management strategies, each patient receives a personalized care plan.
Our program includes:
- Expert management of all types and stages of heart failure
- Ten heart failure cardiologists certified in advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology through the American Board of Internal Medicine
- Dedicated specialty clinics to care for patients with heart failure from amyloidosis and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Full spectrum of surgical support for advanced heart failure, including extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), mechanical assist devices (VAD), and heart transplantation
- Cardiologists board certified in adult congenital heart disease who specialize in treating patients at risk of developing heart failure as adults
- Cardiopulmonary exercise testing to determine patients' physical capacity
- Clinical research trials to evaluate new medications and procedures for heart failure
- Ability to implant pressure monitors (CardioMEMS™ HF System) in the heart to help detect pressure build-up before symptoms worsen
Nationally Recognized Care
Advanced Certification in Heart Failure by The Joint Commission: Saint Luke’s Hospital has been certified since 2014. Our program provides the next generation of heart failure care to patients in the hospital and outpatient settings and fosters exceptional outcomes for heart failure patients.
Get With The Guidelines Heart Failure® Gold Plus Target: Heart Failure Honor Roll Quality Achievement Award: Recognition from the American Heart Association for our excellence in implementing the latest treatment guidelines for heart failure patients.
Recognized as High Performing by U.S. News & World Report for heart failure.
Make an appointment: call 816-931-1883
HEART FAILURE CAUSES
There are different types and causes of heart failure, including:
- Amyloidosis
- Cancer treatment
- Cardiomyopathy
- Congenital heart disease
- Coronary artery disease (CAD)
- Diastolic heart failure
- Heart attack
- High blood pressure
- Heart valve disease
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Myocarditis
- Peripartum cardiomyopathy
TREATMENT OPTIONS
We offer a full spectrum of treatment options.
PATIENT RESOURCES
These resources will help you better understand heart failure.
- Interactive Workbook: Healthier Living With Heart Failure
- Heart Failure Cookbook: Don't Pass the Salt (PDF)
- Heart Failure: What You Need to Know
- Patient Hub
- Heart Failure Awareness 365
- 2022 Heart Failure and Transplantation
Providers
Bethany A Austin, MD
Mark P Everley, MD
Timothy James Fendler, MD
Andrew C Kao, MD
Taiyeb M Khumri, MD
Stephanie L Lawhorn, MD
Anthony Magalski, MD
Michael E Nassif, MD
Andrew James Sauer, MD
Brett W Sperry, MD
Ahmad Ziad Turk, MD
Deepthi Vodnala, MD
Andrea Rachel Bietau, RN, APRN, DNP
Sarah A Brown, RN, ANP
Kasey Dawn Dunn, RN, APRN
Lisa A Jennings, RN, ACNP-BC
Chloe Lorraine Leonard, RN, APRN
Lauren Ashley Rasmussen, RN, AGACNP-BC
Nearest Locations
Saint Luke's Cardiovascular Consultants
Saint Luke's Cardiovascular Consultants
Saint Luke's Cardiovascular Consultants
Saint Luke's Cardiovascular Consultants
Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City and Saint Luke's East Hospital
