KMBC: Kansas City Navy Veteran Shares Journey After Receiving New Heart

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, and some of the symptoms can be easy to brush off — until they become too serious to ignore.

That was the reality for David Miller, a Kansas City Navy Veteran, who sought care at Saint Luke's when his persistent symptoms wouldn't go away. That day he learned he was in heart failure. Within a week he learned he needed a new heart.

KMBC talked with David and Dr. Andrew Kao, medical director of heart transplants at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute, about David's journey.