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), ventricular 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

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.

• Coronary artery stenting and bypass
• Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
• Heart Transplant
• Medications
• Pacemakers and defibrillators
• Remote pulmonary pressure monitoring (CardioMEMS™ HF System)
• Surgical and interventional procedures
• Valve procedures
• Ventricular assist device (VAD)