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[Northland Press, November 22, 2011] Heart attack patients who are transferred from rural hospitals do as well as patients who go directly to Abbott Northwestern for treatment, according to a study published in the November European Heart Journal. “We found that an organized regional heart attack care system can eliminate disparities in treatment between patients [...]

[Nurse.com, November 21, 2011] Delay in initiation of therapeutic hypothermia and delay in return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC), evidenced by a palpable pulse or a measurable blood pressure, were both associated with poor neurologic outcomes in post-cardiac arrest patients, according to a study. Susan Sendelbach, RN, of the Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital [...]

[UPI.com, November 21, 2011] The severity of a heart heart — and subsequent recovery — depends on what time of day the heart attack occurs, U.S. researchers say. Dr. Jay H. Traverse, a cardiologist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis and physician researcher with Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation who was [...]

[HealthDay News, November 16, 2011] Women and younger men account for a large number of heart attacks in the United States but are less likely than older men to receive preventive medications that lower heart attack risk, a new study indicates. Researchers evaluated more than 3,000 heart attack patients treated at the Minneapolis Heart Institute [...]

[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 [...]

[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 [...]

[Multiple news sources, August 11, 2011] The death of two athletes in Sunday’s New York City Triathlon, both of whom were pulled from the water during the swim, is raising questions about whether that leg of triathlon can be made any safer. The only other death in the race’s 11-year history also occurred during the [...]

[Pioneer Press, Aug. 7, 2011] For many years, Bill Garten lived what he calls “the casino life.” In the end, Garten lost his unhealthy wager, suffering two major heart attacks and related health problems that left him with few options for his angina chest pain. But now, he’s starting to feel like a winner, thanks [...]

[MedPage Today, July 18, 2011] Children under 18 can safely undergo coronary CT angiography (CCTA) imaging with radiation exposure equivalent to a few chest x-rays, without suffering degradation in image quality and diagnostic confidence, a single-center study found. Between 2007 and 2011, the effective radiation dose delivered to patients under 18 went from 1.7 mSv [...]

[Cardiovascular Business, July 20, 2011] Integrating therapeutic hypothermia (TH) protocols into a regional STEMI network can be an effective rescue therapy for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) that can help improve survival, according to a study published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. In fact, researchers from the Minneapolis Heart Institute (MHI) found that [...]