One of the world's finest heart programs,
now with locations throughout the Twin Cities

University of Minnesota Physicians Heart at Fairview is a comprehensive, statewide, heart care program that rivals the world’s finest cardiovascular facilities.

With 13 Twin Cities and greater Minnesota locations and 52 cardiovascular physicians, we provide a full continuum of care, ranging from prevention and treatment to transplants and the latest medical research.

Our team of cardiologists and medical professionals bring together a deep understanding of academic medicine with advanced clinical skills to provide life-saving care to people with heart disease. Our heart specialists have been pioneering heart care research and innovation for more than 60 years. We’ve transformed lives with major advances in transplants, biomedical devices and other techniques used to treat heart disease.

Assess your risk for Coronary Heart Disease

Cornonary Artery Disease is the most common type of heart disease. It is the leading cause of death in the United States in both men and women. To find out if you may be at risk, click here to take a free assessment provided by Fairview.

Treatments

Teams of skilled cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, nurses, technologists and other providers offer patients from Minnesota, the upper Midwest and around the world new hope for their heart conditions by providing some of the world's finest care. Whether it is transplant surgery for patients from Europe or Asia; or some of the fastest heart attack care for people in the Twin Cities, every heart gets our best.  View our programs and services.

Symbol of excellence

The Adult Heart Transplantation program at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, is the only Minnesota center to receive a 2010 Medal of Honor from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for its one-year transplant survival rate. As the most experienced heart transplant program in Minnesota, we have performed more than 700 heart transplants since 1978.

University of Minnesota Cardiovascular Division Annual Report

A partnership of Fairview and University of Minnesota Physicians