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Heart Care

Programs and services
Outpatient heart care services available at Fairview Maple Grove Medical Center:

  • Cardiac consults and follow-up visits
  • Electrophysiology
  • Pediatric cardiology
  • Follow up care after invasive procedures
  • Adenosine/Lexiscan/Exercise nuclear stress testing
  • MUGA nuclear scan (cardiac efficiency testing)
  • Thallium redistribution testing
  • Stress testing – exercise, chemical
  • Electrocardiograms
  • Echocardiograms
  • Holter monitors
  • Event monitors
  • MCOT monitors

To schedule an appointment with a University of Minnesota Physicians Heart at Fairview cardiologist call:
612-365-5000 or, toll-free, 1-877-650-1555

Patients, make an appointment online!


Cardiology
People throughout Minnesota turn to the University of Minnesota Physicians Heart at Fairview for the most comprehensive diagnosis and treatment of heart disease available. University of Minnesota Physicians Heart's 50 cardiologists see patients at 13 Twin Cities and greater Minnesota communities. Patients benefit foam having local access to collaborative, multidisciplinary care teams and subspecialty expertise that leverage the resources of one of the world's leading research universities.
 
Preventive Cardiology
Heart disease prevention programs address the risk factors that may cause heart disease to develop or reoccur. These issued are addressed in detail, emphasizing patient education and advanced medical testing.
 
  • Rasmussen Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention -- offers a new, novel approach to anticipating and managing heart and artery disease. The focus of this program is on screening healthy individuals who may have risk factors, such as family history, hypertension, and smoking. The center uses a unique array of the latest, non-invasive diagnostic screening tools to detect cardiovascular disease and identify conditions that often go undetected but which can lead to heart attacks, strokes, heart failure and kidney failure.

Interventional Cardiology
Every year, University of Minnesota Physicians Heart interventional cardiologists diagnose and treat thousands of people from throughout Minnesota and the Upper Midwest with coronary artery disease. Cardiologists use techniques such as angioplasty and stenting to open blocked arteries and restore blood flow to the heart without open heart surgery.

Interventional cardiology services are offered at three Twin Cities locations – University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview; Fairview Southdale Hospital and Fairview Ridges Hospital. All three locations provide emergency care for people with heart attacks designed to save lives and reduce heart damage by minimizing the time it take to open blocked arteries. The Fairview Southdale program has earned national recognition for having some fastest times in Minnesota.
 
Minimally invasive Heart Surgery 
Using robotic technology, University of Minnesota Physicians Heart at Fairview cardiovascular surgeons are performing heart surgeries with minimally invasive techniques. We use sophisticated, thin instruments, miniature cameras and robotic devices, especially the daVinci® robot, to perform operations that have long been managed by open heart surgery.

In minimally invasive procedures, the surgeon does not make an incision down the chest. Instead the surgeon makes two small incisions (less than two inches) on your side, between your ribs.
 
Heart Transplantation
University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, performs more heart transplants than any other hospital in Minnesota. With 30 years of performing heart transplants, it is one of the longest running programs in the world. Our transplant surgeons have been at the forefront of a generation of breakthroughs in advanced heart failure and heart transplant. As leaders in innovative research, we are committed to bringing the science and art of medicine together to provide the best possible care for patients and their families. Our leadership began in 1978, when our physicians performed the first heart transplant in Minnesota. Since then, we have performed more than 700 heart transplants. Our surgeons performed the state’s first heart/lung transplant in 1986.

A hallmark of our program is excellent survival rates. Our transplant patients have a 75 percent survival rate after five 5 years, and a 64 percent survival rate after 10 years. The nation’s longest living heart transplant recipient benefited from our innovative care for more than 25 years following surgery.

Ventricular Devices
University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview offers one of the largest mechanical support device programs in the country. We are a national leader in implanting ventricular assist devices (VADs), performing more than 60 VADs each year. In some patients, the clinical application of a ventricular assistance device (VAD) has mended weakened cardiac tissue, offering an opportunity to understand the molecular basis of heart failure.

We are a recognized pioneer in mechanical circulatory support (MCS) bridge to transplantation clinical trials. We are one of a handful of sites in the nation approved to train surgeons in state-of-the-art transplant technologies that include Thoratec® HeartMate® II, Ventracor VentrAssist® LVAD, HeartWare® Ventricular Assist System and Levitronix® CentriMag® Pump

Congenital Heart Defects
Innovative, quality care for patients with congenital heart disease is available through University of Minnesota Physicians Heart. We offer state-of-the-art treatment for congenital heart disease including catheter-based closure of heart defects and dedicated congenital heart disease cardiac surgery. Our cardiologists and cardiac surgeons work together in one of the nation’s first hybrid procedure rooms which allows simultaneous combinations of minimally invasive surgery and catheter-based interventions

In fact, one of our physicians invented the Amplatzer device which offers a less invasive option to more conventional treatments—chiefly open-heart surgery. This reduces patient trauma and recovery time.

Adult Congenital and Cardiovascular Genetics Clinics
Adults seeking help with a congenital heart condition can find it at the Adult Congenital and Cardiovascular Genetics Clinic. The clinic offers a full spectrum of services for high-risk conditions along with a variety of special programs customized to fit patient need.
The clinic also features a genetic counselor who reviews your personal and family history for genetic condition that may affect your health or the health of a family member. 

Pulmonary Hypertension
Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) program provides comprehensive and innovative care for people diagnosed with PH through a multidisciplinary team focused on improving patient outcomes. The goals of the PH program are to: relieve symptoms of the disease; improve perceived quality of life; and increase longevity.
Pulmonary Hypertension is a complex and challenging disease that demands diligent consideration. Guided by the cardiology team, therapies are tried, proven successful, and progressive. It is in partnership with patients, their loved ones, numerous health care professionals, and industry representatives that enables the PH program to provide and promote optimal client well being. Twenty-four hour telephone support provides for consistent availability and communication. For new patient appointments call 612-625-2191.

Pediatric Heart Care
A multidisciplinary team of cardiologists, surgeons, intensivists, nurses and other medical specialists at The Heart Center at University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital provide care to children who have congenital and acquired heart defects. Patients can make appointments with pediatric cardiologists at four Twin Cities clinics. We offer a variety of state-of-the-art service such as ablation, catheterization, surgery and transplantation, as well as ventricular-assist device implementation.

Physicians at The Heart Center performed the world’s first heart transplant on an infant; implanted the first Berlin Heart® EXCOPR® Pediatric ventricular-assist device in Minnesota; and conducted the first Stage I hybrid Norwood in the Upper Midwest.

Vascular Services
The Vascular Institute brings together interdisciplinary teams to give you the most comprehensive assessment and treatment of vascular disease. Because vascular disease can include diseases of your arteries, veins and lymph vessels to blood disorders that affect circulation, we involve vascular surgeons, vascular medicine specialists, cardiologists, and radiologists in offering patients a wide variety of options. These options include the latest in innovative care translated from our world-class research.

Research
Cardiovascular disease touches each of us. It causes more than half of all deaths in the U.S. It afflicts people of all ages, robbing us of our precious newborns, our children, our parents and our grandparents. Now imagine a world free of cardiovascular disease. This is our goal at the University of Minnesota Lillehei Heart Institute.

The Institute brings together faculty and students committed to cardiovascular scholarship; facilitating their interaction and allowing them to share core University resources. Financial support from the Institute provides the margin of excellence that enhances our competitiveness in the global effort to cure heart and vascular diseases.

The Institute is built on the legacy of University of Minnesota icons that created a culture of innovation and discovery. These professors, together with their students and staff, blazed the trail in heart surgery; pioneered new therapies in heart failure; established the link between cholesterol and arteriosclerosis; and set the stage for world-renowned programs in organ transplantation. Today, established investigators who have secured highly competitive federal, corporate and foundation research grants working together with the next generation of young investigators to lessen the toll of cardiovascular disease on all of us.

Cardiac Rehabilitation
Cardiac rehabilitation helps people recovering from a heart attack, valve or bypass surgery, stent implant or other heart problem. Rehabilitation helps prepare you physically, mentally and emotionally for return to work and normal family and social life. It also helps you slowly and safely get back to normal activities. Our therapists help you learn more about your heart disease. We also talk to you about changes you can make to help reduce your risk of more heart problems. A physician referral is required for cardiac rehabilitation. Cardiac Rehabilitation can:
  • Increase your chances of surviving a heart attack or other heart problem
  • Increase your ability to be active and exercise
  • Help you return to work sooner
  • Help you get back to a normal lifestyle
  • Improve overall health and well-being

Fairview Rehabilitation offers cardiac rehabilitation services at Fairview Ridges; Fairview Southdale; University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview: Fairview Northland; Fairview Red Wing and Fairview Lakes. 
Fairview features nearly 4,000 providers practicing at over 200 locations throughout the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area and beyond. Fairview Clinics, University of Minnesota Physicians and our independent partner clinics provide an exceptional care experience, while lowering the overall costs of health care.

Cardiology

Wayne Adkisson, MD, FACC
Bilal Ali, MD, FACC
Emily Aviles, MS, BSN, ACNP
Robert Bache, MD
Stephen Battista, MD, FACC
David Benditt, MD, FACC, FRCPC, FHRS
Alan Berger, MD
Norman Chapel, MD, FACC
Lin Yee Chen, MD
Jay Cohn, MD
Monica Colvin-Adams, MD
Gary Cramer, MD, FACC
C. Jennifer Dankle, DO, FACC
Gladwin Das, MD
Laura Diamandopoulos, MD, LMCC, FACC
Candace Dick, MD, FACC
Daniel Duprez, MD, PhD
Peter Eckman, MD
James Erdahl, MD, FACC
Eric Ernst, MD, FACC
Karl Foster-Smith, MD, FACC
Gary Francis, MD, FACC, FAHA, FACP
Daniel Garry, MD, PhD
Steven Heifetz, MD, FACC
Gregory Helmer, MD, FACC
Alan T. Hirsch, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSVM
Lynn Hoke, NP, RN, MSN
Brian Ip, MD, FACC
Demosthenes Iskos, MD, FACC
Renuka Jain, MD
Helina Kassahun, MD
Robert Ketroser, MD, FACC
Charles Kim, MD, FACC
Elizabeth Klodas, MD
Suma Konety, MD
Renee Lance, PA-C
David Laxson, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.H.A.
Brian Lew, MD, FACC
Huagui Li, MD, PhD, FACC
Fei Lu, MD, PhD
Keith Lurie, MD
K.P. Madhu, MD
Richard Madlon-Kay, MD
Michael Manoles, MD, FACC
Cindy Martin, MD
Sophia Carolina Masri, MD
Emil Missov, MD, PhD
James Moller, MD
Quan Pham, MD, FACC
Dominic Plucinski, MD, FACC
Marc Pritzker, MD
Ganesh Raveendran, MD
Scott Sakaguchi, MD
Ronald Sih, MD
Naip Tuna, MD
Uma Valeti, MD
Tushar Vora, MD, FACC
K. Wang, MD
Robert Wilson, MD
Demetris Yannopoulos, MD

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Roosevelt Bryant III, MD
Ranjit John, MD
Rosemary Kelly, MD
Kenneth Liao, MD, PhD
J. Ernesto Molina, MD, PhD
Sara Shumway, MD
James St. Louis, MD
Herbert Ward, MD, PhD

Heart Transplant Medicine

Monica Colvin-Adams, MD
Peter Eckman, MD
Gary Francis, MD, FACC, FAHA, FACP
Daniel Garry, MD, PhD
Cindy Martin, MD
Sophia Carolina Masri, MD
Emil Missov, MD, PhD
Marc Pritzker, MD

Pediatric Cardiology

Rebecca Ameduri, MD
John Bass, MD
Elizabeth Braunlin, MD, PhD
Parvin Dorostkar, MD, MS, MBA
Ann Dunnigan, MD
Daniel Gruenstein, MD
Edward Kaplan, MD
Lazaros Kochilas, MD
Jamie Lohr, MD
Edward Chip Martin, MD
James Moller, MD
Lee Pyles, MD, FAAP, FACC
Melissa Richardson, PA-C
Charles W. Shepard, MD
Shanthi Sivanandam, MD
Julia Steinberger, MD, MS

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Sameer Gupta, MD
Neil Kooy, MD
Ashley Loomis, MD
Arif Somani, MD
Marie Steiner, MD, MS

Pediatric Heart Transplant Surgery

Roosevelt Bryant III, MD
James St. Louis, MD
Fairview features nearly 4,000 providers practicing at over 200 locations throughout the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area and beyond. Fairview Clinics, University of Minnesota Physicians and our independent partner clinics provide an exceptional care experience, while lowering the overall costs of health care.

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