Abbott Northwestern recruits new heart-failure team

[Pioneer Press, December 19, 2010] The ultimate cure for heart failure is a new heart. And in Minnesota, the sleepiest of the state's three heart transplant centers is making a big investment to get back in the game.

Last year, Abbott Northwestern performed two heart transplants. But through the first nine months of this year, the heart transplant total stood at eight, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing. Read the rest of the story at twincities.com.