[Brainerd Dispatch, August 19, 2017] A local medical research study may soon yield new knowledge about a relatively unknown form of heart disease. The Minneapolis Heart Institute’s Baxter location will be the nexus of a planned research project tracking pulmonary hypertension. The institute’s Dr. Eric Fenstad has dedicated his career so far to fighting the […]
Read summary - September 5th, 2017
[KARE 11, July 4, 2017] After trading in our jeans for summer shorts, many of us may notice some little red lines on our legs that we didn’t see before. And, experts say if you’re like half of all adults, you may have varicose veins. Dr. Joseph Karam, a vascular surgeon with the Minneapolis Heart […]
Read summary - July 4th, 2017
[Minnesota Public Radio, June 16, 2017] Cardiologist Amin Rahmattulah, MD, who practices at Mercy Hospital, part of Allina Health, was featured on Minnesota Public Radio. He was part of a round-table discussion about physician-patient communication based on the book What Patients Say, What Doctors Hear. Here’s the podcast:
Read summary - June 16th, 2017
[KMSP Fox 9, June 7, 2017] A little over a year ago, Allina Health Edina Clinic nurse practitioner June Van Valkenburg was in a coffee shop chatting with a friend when a man collapsed nearby. After determining he wasn’t breathing and had no pulse, June started CPR. Now, June and the man whose life she […]
Read summary - June 7th, 2017
[KARE11-TV, May 22, 2017] At four months, Jaxon Dayton has good reason to be a smiley baby. He’s alive. Alive is no small feat after Jaxon’s mother, Danielle, was advised by her first doctor to terminate her pregnancy to save her own life.
Read summary - May 22nd, 2017
[Star Tribune, May 18, 2017] Complications from a heart-valve defect left Danielle Dayton with a couple mortifying options when she became pregnant last year: Undergo open heart surgery, which could be fatal to her baby, or press on with pregnancy even though her heart probably couldn’t keep up. Fortunately, there was a third option, though […]
Read summary - May 18th, 2017
[KARE 11, April 12, 2017] A new study shows that most people who had suffered a heart attack had normal cholesterol levels. The Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation authored the report that reviewed more than a thousand Minnesota heart attack patients. “Your cholesterol is important but it’s only one part of the picture,” said the lead […]
Read summary - April 12th, 2017
[KSTP-TV, April 11, 2017] One in three Americans has high blood pressure, Now, three Twin Cities siblings are part of a study at the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation exploring new ways to treat the disease.
Read summary - April 11th, 2017
[New Ulm Journal, April 10, 2017] Since Hearts Beat Back: The Heart of New Ulm Project (HONU) started back in 2009, people who live and work in New Ulm have made a variety of changes to live a healthier lifestyle and reduce their risk for heart disease. For the past eight years, researchers at The […]
Read summary - April 8th, 2017
[KARE-TV, March 1, 2017] In January, KARE-TV told the story of Pat Marble, a 104-year-old Richfield woman who had a breakthrough heart surgery. Now that she has recovered, they went to find out what’s behind her drive to stay active at her age. Watch the story at kare11.com.
Read summary - March 1st, 2017
