Allina News

[HealthDay News, November 15, 2011] Elite female marathon runners have less coronary artery plaque than their male counterparts and sedentary women, a new study finds. A recent Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation study found that elite male marathoner runners may have more coronary artery plaque than men who aren’t physically active, so the investigators decided to [...]

[Journal of the American Medical Association] November 14, 2011 — A study that involved patients at the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation found that giving patients stem cell therapy two or three weeks after angioplasty did not improve heart function. Cardiologist Jay Traverse, MD, of the Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital and lead study [...]

[KMSP Fox 9, Nov.11, 2011] New recommendations supported by the American Academy of Pediatrics say all children between the ages of nine and 11 should be screened for high cholesterol, and again in their late teens. Allina Medical Clinic – Woodlake pediatrician Dr. Anne Valaas-Turner says the new recommendation reflect growing evidence that conditions that [...]

[KARE-TV, October 24, 2011] Move over beer and brats. New Ulm restaurants will soon be known for their veggies and fruit, too. A project to end heart attacks in New Ulm is entering a new phase in November. The Turner Hall restaurant is just one of many revamping its menu as part of the next [...]

[KARE-TV, October 21, 2011] As we age so can the valves in our heart. And until now, replacing those valves with open heart surgery has been considered risky for patients in their 80s or 90s, even if they are otherwise healthy. Well now a cutting edge but experimental procedure is being performed at Allina’s Abbott [...]

[Quad-City Times, Oct. 11, 2011] Never mind that Gene Elliott won the Iowa Golf Association’s Player of the Year title for the second time at the ripe age of 49. More impressively, perhaps, the former Bettendorf Bulldog won that title just more than a year after a heart condition kept his clubs in his trunk [...]

[Star Tribune, August 12, 2011] It’s a question that some patients are afraid to ask: What are my chances of dying on the operating table? Now, believe it or not, there’s an app for that. Dr. Frazier Eales, a heart surgeon at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, hadn’t seen the app, but he loved the [...]

[WCCO-TV, May 25, 2011] Thirty percent of Americans have high blood pressure. Usually it’s a worry for older adults. But now there is reason to believe it’s a growing threat for young people. The University of North Carolina looked at data on more than 14,000 people, men and women, from ages 24 to 42 and [...]

[Cardiology Today, May 10, 2011] The addition of high-fidelity intracardiac electrogram signals in implantable cardioverter defibrillators provided data indicating that high-risk CVD patients experienced low rates of spontaneous coronary events. “The events are shockingly low,” said study investigator Timothy D. Henry, MD, of the Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital. “The results suggest that [...]

[Star Tribune, May 3, 2011] There are few better places anywhere to have a cardiac arrest than Hennepin County. And that’s no joke. According to a national registry that tracks cardiac survival rates, your chances of surviving a cardiac arrest outside of a hospital are better in Hennepin County than almost anywhere else in the [...]

[KEYC-TV, April 6, 2011] Allina Hospitals & Clinics’ Heart of New Ulm project is already showing results. KEYC-TV in Mankato reports that the heart attack rate in the southern Minnesota community has already been cut by 24 percent. Watch the full story below.

[KMSP-TV Fox 9 News, April 6, 2011] Learning CPR can save someone’s life and it’s never been easier to learn. Kim Harkins from Allina’s Heart Safe Communities project demonstrated to Fox 9′s M.A. Rosko as part of the American Heart Association’s Start Walking program and free CPR training this Saturday at Calhoun Square in Minneapolis. [...]