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Ingram's: Saint Luke’s, UMKC Partner on Four-Year Study to Combat Maternal Mortality
The four-year observational study will research U.S. pregnant people with cardiovascular disease to better understand and combat maternal mortality and morbidity.
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The Impacts of Mental Health on the Heart
Understanding how mental health conditions like depression, anxiety, and chronic stress affect cardiovascular health in older adults is crucial for promoting holistic care and improving quality of life in this population.
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High Blood Pressure
High blood pressure or hypertension is known as a silent killer. This is because it's a serious health problem, but often doesn’t cause symptoms. Many people don’t know they have it until it leads to other health problems.
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TCTMD: Study IDs Patients Most Likely to Quit Smoking After ASCVD Event
TCTMD talked to Dr. Vittal Hejjaji about a large registry study that looked at when patients quit smoking following an atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease event.
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KMBC: Chiefs Fan Reunites with Team That Saved Her After Blood Clots Sent Her to the ER
KMBC was there as Amanda visited the Saint Luke's Cardiovascular ICU team to thank her for saving her life on the two-year anniversary of being rushed to the hospital.
Saint Luke's Muriel I. Kauffman Women's Heart Center Programs
Learn more about programs offered by the Women's Heart Center.
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Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) is used for patients with life-threatening heart or lung disease or damage. It provides short-term support of the cardiac or pulmonary system when conventional management fails. ECMO can fully support the heart and lungs until the underlying problem is resolved or organ transplantation occurs.
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Skull Base Surgery
Tumors at the base of the skull—behind the eyes and nose, between the ears, or near the pituitary gland—can be difficult to treat. Special surgical skills and expertise are required to protect the brain, as well as critical nerves and blood vessels in the brain, neck, and spinal cord.
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Valve Disease
Saint Luke’s is dedicated to the use of new transcatheter valve replacement therapies for patients with complex valve disease.
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