Cardiovascular

Did you know that cardiovascular disease causes more than half of all deaths in the U.S.? The condition afflicts people of all ages—robbing us of our newborns, our children, our parents, and our grandparents.

Now imagine a world free of cardiovascular disease. This is the goal of University of Minnesota cardiovascular researchers, and it’s been our focus since we first pioneered open heart surgery and early solutions to heart failure.

Today, we’re blazing new paths forward. In the floors above, the Lillehei Heart Institute and the Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology have 20–25 investigators researching cardiac regeneration, cardiac development, muscular dystrophy, congenital heart medicine, and genomics.

Going forward, we plan to add nearly four investigators per year to the new building. It’s part of our promise to you that we plan to meet our goals, and rid the world of cardiovascular disease.

Touch any of the stories below to learn more about the research taking place across our cardiovascular service line.