Saint Luke's Health System
Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute

Cardiovascular System: The organs, vessels and tissues involved in circulating blood through the body.

Cardiology:  The medical field addressing structure, function, and disorders of the heart and blood vessels.

Cardiothoracic Surgery: The medical field involved in the surgical treatment of diseases affecting the heart and lungs.
The Saint Luke's Difference
  • Largest team of cardiologists and surgeons in the region.
  • Services available at four metro and four regional facilities.
  • The only heart transplant program in the region - volumes in the top ten % of hospitals nationally.
  • Research Oriented with more than 100 active cardiovascular clinical trials underway.
Quality In Action
  • Accredited Chest Pain Emergency Center
  • Solucient 100 Top Hospitals - Cardiovascular
  • Saint Luke's Health System won the 2006 Missouri Quality Award, the official state recognition for excellence in quality leadership.

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Heart Institute Services


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New Investigational Procedure
Patients who are considered high risk or non-operable for conventional open heart valve surgery for severe aortic stenosis now have a new option available only through Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute. The first procedure in the investigative PARTNER clinical trial was performed Sept. 10, 2008.

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