The 600th Heart Transplant

Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute will celebrate the 28th anniversary of its heart transplant program later this year. However, before reaching their anniversary, they passed another milestone. Doctors there recently performed their 600th heart transplant.

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Saint Luke's is one of the top transplant centers in the country and has the only adult heart transplant program in the Kansas City area. In fact, Saint Luke's has the only active transplant program for adults between Denver and Kansas City.

In addition to the milestones mentioned above, Saint Luke's :

• annually performs more heart transplants than 80% of heart transplant centers in the country,
• has averaged 37 heart transplants per year for the last 8 years when most other centers do less than 20,
• has shorter waiting times for transplants than most other U.S. transplant centers, and
• received the Medal of Honor from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for increasing the number of available organs.

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