Discover your heart's age with the new FREE online Heart Health Assessment offered by University of Minnesota Physicians Heart at Fairview. You'll learn if you have significant risk factors for developing heart disease (also called cardiovascular disease or CVD) in the next 10 years and which lifestyle factors you can address to reduce your risk of heart disease.
Learn more about the Women's Heart Clinic and it's care philosophy.
We're proud to announce that Minnesota Monthly recognized four UMPhysicians Heart cardiologists as Best Doctors for Women.
University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview is ranked among the best in the nation and in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area by U.S. News & World Report. Our cardiovascular program is listed in the top 50 nationwide.
For two consecutive years (2011 and 2012), Kenneth Liao, MD, was recognized as among the top 1 percent in the nation for cardiac surgery by U.S. News & World Report. Sharing the national and local spotlight with Dr. Liao are 15 other UMPhysicians cardiologists and cardiac surgeons. These specialists were recognized by their peers for the honor.
See who was named a 2012 Top Doctors by Mpls. St. Paul Magazine and U.S. News & World Report.
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In a partnership between the University of Minnesota Lillehei Hearth Institute and the Living Heart Foundation, former NFL players visited the Rasmussen Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention for check up and assessment of their cardiovascular health.
After struggling with heart disease at a relatively young age, Mary Pat FitzPatrick and Kirsti Gullickson, both 52, started a support group in February in Edina, Minn., for women who, like them, are facing the same fears and concerns.
A young mother suffered a dissected aorta, which is almost always fatal, while 33 weeks pregnant with her second child. Watch the story of how cardiologists at University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview saved her life—and her baby's life.