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Team at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, WashU Medicine Heart Center Perform First Pediatric “Domino” Partial Heart Transplant in the Midwest
With clinicians’ commitment to innovative care, the Heart Center has become one of only eight programs in the nation to perform this rare, lifesaving procedure.

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Care That Goes the Distance: How Virtual Aortic Monitoring Helped a Patient in Southern Missouri
For more than a decade, Tim Johnson, 66, has lived with a chronic aortic dissection, a serious condition where the inner layer of the aorta tears, allowing blood to flow between the layers of the aortic wall.

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St. Louis Children’s Hospital Ranked No. 1 in Pediatrics in Missouri and St. Louis by U.S. News & World Report

ST. LOUIS (October 7, 2025) — U.S. News & World Report has again recognized St. Louis Children’s Hospital and its physician partners at WashU Medicine among America’s Best Children’s Hospitals, ranking St. Louis Children’s No. 1 in Missouri, No. 1 in St. Louis, and No. 3 in the Midwest region.

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Ultra-Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Gives Patient Her Life Back
Debbi Jesse, 51, is outside mowing her lawn, an activity she couldn’t do prior to her ultra-minimally invasive—also known as endoscopic—spine surgery at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital. For years, Debbi had been in pain, which ranged from stabbing to sharp to shooting throughout most of the lower half of her body, including her back, hips, and glutes.

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Walking Strong After Robotic-Assisted Knee Surgery
Last fall, Pam Ludy, 65, took a trip with her sister to North Carolina. But Pam, who has osteoarthritis in both knees, had a hard time walking.

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A Heart for Life: How One Woman’s Transplant Journey Came Full-Circle at Barnes-Jewish Hospital
When Ashley developed a rare condition following a heart transplant, she turned to Barnes-Jewish Hospital.

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Nick Barto Assumes Role as BJC Health System President and CEO
Barto brings more than 30 years of health care and operations experience to role leading BJC Health System.

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Barnes-Jewish Hospital Unveils State-of-the-Art Patient Care Tower

ST. LOUIS (September 18, 2025) – Plaza West Tower, the new 16-story patient care tower at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, will welcome patients beginning in October. The tower will provide private rooms for heart and vascular patients, advanced imaging, and the latest in surgical preparation and recovery. Plaza West Tower is designed to enhance the experience for patients and their families under the expert care of WashU Medicine physicians and BJC HealthCare clinical teams.

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Every Second Counts: How an AED Saved a Grandfather on the Pickleball Court
Mike Mueller, 61, from Swansea, Illinois, had multiple heart tests done a few years ago and was free of any blockage. However, blockage can occur quickly. He recently started feeling pressure in his chest but didn’t believe it could be his heart. For a few days, a lingering cough—maybe bronchitis—was the reason he hadn’t been feeling well. On Dec. 26, 2024, while playing pickleball at the local YMCA with his son, who was in town for the holidays, Mike started feeling winded and dizzy.

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Full-Court Press for Two Hospitals: Coach Koch’s Fight for the Health of His Heart
Known as ‘Coach’ to everyone in the Farmington, Missouri, community, Gary Koch, 79, has made a lasting impact both on and off the basketball court. A Missouri Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame inductee, he spent more than 40 years coaching college women’s and high school boys’ varsity basketball. Now retired, he is thankful for the wonderful care he received after a serious heart scare last summer.