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Oct. 17, 2023

FOX4: Columbia Man Receives Saint Luke's 1,000th Heart Transplant

A man from Columbia, Missouri, got a new heart and a second chance at life, marking the 1,000th heart transplant at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute.
Oct. 17, 2023

KMBC: Saint Luke's Performs 1,000th Heart Transplant

Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute is celebrating a major milestone after performing 1,000 heart transplants.
Oct. 17, 2023

Patient Care: GLP-1 Mimetic Semaglutide Is Effective Across Ejection Fraction in Patients with HFpEF and Obesity: New STEP-HFpEF Analysis

Semaglutide improved symptoms, physical limitations, and exercise capacity in patients with obesity and heart failure across the spectrum of left ventricular ejection fraction.
Oct. 13, 2023

Cardiovascular Business: Flurpiridaz Will Have a Major Impact on Cardiac PET and Nuclear Imaging

Dr. Timothy Bateman spoke with Cardiovascular Business about his group's findings and what it is like to work with flurpiridaz.
Oct. 13, 2023

Health News You Can Use: Metastatic Breast Cancer and Saint Luke's Koontz Center for Advanced Breast Cancer

This week during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we’re talking about metastatic breast cancer and Saint Luke’s Koontz Center—the region’s only center dedicated and designed specifically for these patients.
Oct. 12, 2023

HCP Live: Experts' Perspectives: Top Story in Heart Failure for 2023

Few fields can lay claim to the level of advancements and breakthroughs as heart failure in the last decade.
Oct. 10, 2023

KSHB: Kansas City Woman Starts Fund for Metastatic Breast Cancer Research

KSHB talked to Dr. Tim Pluard about how research is advancing treatment and leading to improved outcomes for Brooke and other women with metastatic breast cancer.
Oct. 9, 2023

KCTV: Medical Providers Encourage Women to Make Mammogram Appointments

Dr. Meierotto talks to KCT V about why women put preventive screenings off and how Saint Luke's is helping make sure patients in rural communities get the same great care as those in the Kansas City metro area.
Oct. 9, 2023

Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute Performs 1,000th Heart Transplant, Reaching Prestigious Milestone

Saint Luke’s program becomes the 23rd institution in the U.S. to perform 1,000 heart transplants.