Setting the standard in cardiovascular care
Since its founding in 1981, Minneapolis Heart Institute® has been setting the standard in cardiovascular care. In 1985, it was one of only three centers in the U.S. to receive approval to implant artificial hearts in 1985 and in more recent history it continued to set the standard through its Level One Heart Attack Program that reduced mortality for heart attack patients by 50 percent.
In addition to serving patients at its main location – Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital – physicians and staff are proud to offer heart and vascular services in several local communities where it is most convenient for patients. Search for a location.
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Minneapolis Heart Institute® offers a full range of cardiovascular services throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin, offering cardiology consultation and cardiac diagnostic services where it is most convenient for patients. Find a location.
Minneapolis Heart Institute® offers a full range of cardiovascular services throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin, offering cardiology consultation and cardiac diagnostic services where it is most convenient for patients.
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The Minneapolis Heart Institute® is one of only a few centers in the Midwest to offer heart transplants and LVADs and transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).
The Minneapolis Heart Institute®’s Center for Advanced Heart Failure Treatment brings together a team that specializes in heart failure and understands how to manage it.
The Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital is equipped to handle all cardiac and vascular (blood vessel) emergencies.
Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital offers several options for diagnosing and treating heart rhythm issues.
MHI physicians perform clinical cardiology consultation, as well as the full spectrum of non-invasive cardiovascular diagnostic procedures on the Abbott Northwestern Hospital campus in south Minneapolis, at other Metro-area sites and in several Minnesota communities outside the Twin Cities.
Interventional cardiology refers to catheter-based treatments that repair or correct structural heart diseases, like coronary artery disease, congenital heart defects, peripheral artery disease (PAD) and others.
The Preventive Cardiology Clinic offers programs for adults who are at risk for heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular diseases — as well as for people who have experienced cardiovascular problems.
The pulmonary hypertension program provides comprehensive assessment and management for all types of pulmonary hypertension. Extensive evaluation includes state-of-the-art invasive vasodilator testing.
Minneapolis Heart Institute®'s Valve Center at Abbott Northwestern Hospital evaluates and treats heart valve disorders using the latest diagnostic, surgical and non-surgical techniques.
The Vascular Center, located on the second floor of the Abbott Northwestern Heart Hospital, is a new division of this nationally recognized institute of excellence. The Center provides comprehensive care to individuals with vascular health conditions and diseases.
Our mission is to educate women of the risks of heart disease, support women and families in creating and choosing lifestyles which strengthen heart health, nurture and care for women with heart disease, and add to the body of research specific to women and cardiovascular disease.
