M Health Fairview Heart Care is a team of cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, advanced practitioners, nurses, and healthcare professionals committed to providing lifesaving care to people with heart disease. Our heart specialists and their teams build upon a 60-year legacy of clinical care, research, and innovation, including the world’s first open-heart surgery.
Overview
We’ve transformed lives with major advances in valve replacements, transplants, cardiac resuscitation, and other techniques to treat heart disease. We bring together a deep understanding of academic medicine and advanced clinical care to tailor our therapies to each patient’s individual condition.
Our approach
Our specialists and their teams have been pioneering heart care research and innovative treatment techniques used to treat heart disease for more than 60 years. We’ve transformed lives with major “firsts” in heart care, including:
- The world’s first successful open heart surgeries
- The first heart transplant in Minnesota
- The state’s first heart/lung transplant
- The first clinical studies in heart failure
- The implantation of the first partial artificial heart (LVAD)
- Some of the first highly intricate, close-up images of the heart
Recognition for exceptional heart care
We are honored to be recognized with the following heart care awards.
U.S. News & World Report
Fairview Ridges Hospital, high performing in heart failure care
Fairview Southdale Hospital, high performing in heart failure care
University of Minnesota Medical Center, High Performing in heart failure care
Get With the Guidelines Awards, American Heart Association
Fairview Lakes Medical Center, Silver Award in heart failure
Fairview Northland, Gold Award in heart failure
Fairview Range, Gold Award in heart failure
Fairview Ridges Hospital, Gold Award in heart failure
Fairview Southdale Hospital, Gold Award in heart failure
Fairview Southdale Hospital, Silver Award in atrial fibrillation
University of Minnesota Medical Center (UMMC), Gold Award in heart failure
University of Minnesota Medical Center (UMMC), Bronze in atrial fibrillation
Women’s Choice Award in Heart Care
Fairview Southdale Hospital and University of Minnesota Medical Center
